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In an interview with Elmar Frickenstein, the Senior Vice President of Fully Automated Driving and Driver Assistance for BMW Auto Group, we discover what life is like on the BMW Group’s Autonomous Driving Campus during the first 450 days since its inception. Read along to find out more about BMW’s latest innovative project.

Running from December 6th to December 9th, 2018, the world-renowned Art Basel show in Miami Beach, Florida will present countless works of art from both established and emerging artists as provided by over 200 galleries worldwide. BMW has been a longstanding partner to this incredible international art show and will be providing a VIP shuttle service for guests once more. 

Originally revealed several months ago through concept sketches and films, the revolutionary and head-turning BMW Vision iNext has officially made its world premiere at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show! So much more than just a vehicle, the BMW Vision iNext represents the changing needs of the modern world and how best to address them. It is also the ultimate manifestation of the BMW’s various strategic fields of innovation including autonomous driving, electrification and services, and connectivity.

To celebrate the launch of the BMW X5 at the end of the month, BMW Italy has done something totally outrageous and awesome--they’ve completely reconstructed the historic Autodromo Nazionale Monza (the Monza circuit) on a 1:1 scale in the middle of the Sahara desert in Merzouga, Morocco. Originally built in 1922, the famous circuit is located in Monza, Italy just north of Milan and was the world’s third purposefully-built motor-racing circuit ever! 

Just two years ago, BMW introduced the innovative and magical feature of gesture control into their 7 Series sedans where you could adjust climate, control music, answer messages and more all with simple gestures. Now, BMW is back at it again with the exciting technological updates--this time with the introduction of an totally-new Intelligent Personal Assistant that will be available for all later-model BMWs. Both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility will still exist for BMWs going forward, but this new voice assistant will be entirely independent of both.

Slated to debut a new car at this year’s 2018 Paris Motor Show on October 2, BMW has already revealed quite a bit of information about the newest version of its 3 Series Sedan without actually providing an official release of any kind. Thanks to test drives, spy shots, and the ever-productive rumor mill, we’re here to bring you a compilation of all the information that’s available about this updated luxury sedan before its upcoming release next week.

With such a strong focus on autonomy and assisted driving in today’s automotive industry, motorcycles have been--for the most part-- unfortunately left out. However, BMW Motorrad has recently revealed that their own researchers have spent the last two years working in secret to develop the BMW R1200GS, one of the world’s first ever autonomous motorcycles.

With the battle for automotive autonomy heating up between passionate automakers across the world, we just recently dove into BMW’s autonomous motorcycle, the BMW R1200GS, in our previous blog. But what exactly is on the horizon for BMW’s Ultimate Driving Machines?

Originally introduced in 2014, the BMW i3 is a unique luxury electric vehicle that brings fun and delight back to the road. Newly released for this year is the all-new BMW i3s--the sporty trim that’s now available for this beloved electric car that gives it a little more attitude and speed. Featuring a surprisingly spacious cabin and a futuristic design, we’re here to take a closer look at what updates come standard in this exciting new trim for a staple BMW favorite.

The highly anticipated 2019 BMW Z4 Roadster has finally arrived, and boy it doesn’t disappoint! It debuted at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance one year after the concept version was released at the same locale. The all-new Z4 is both striking in its new design and sporty in its performance and handling. This newly released Z4 model is the M40i First Edition and comes in a Frozen Orange Metallic color with a power-folding soft-top available in Anthracite.