Two BMW-powered racing cars and the BMW vision for the future ...

With the Vision Neue Klasse X, BMW have offered another glimpse of the road ahead for the German manufacturer. The sports activity vehicle is due to enter production in 2025. Designed as a battery-electric vehicle from the ground up, it benefits from a long wheelbase with short overhangs. The Vision Neue Klasse X shares its two-box styling with the Neue Klasse also due in 2025 and 300 km in range can be added by charging for just ten minutes.
To mark the occasion of a new BMW show car, we have also taken a look back at two BMW-engined competition cars. First up is the M1 Procar that was raced by Franz Konrad in the Procar series. It was then extensively raced in national and international sports car races through to the end of the 1982 season. Stored for the next two decades, chassis 4301066 has been raced in historic events from the late 2000s and will be back in action next month during the Mugello Classic.
During the 1970s, BMW engines also powered hugely successful Formula 2 racers like this March 782. This particular was raced by an Austrian privateer and also gave a young Jo Gartner a start to his successful racing career. Chassis 782-24 was prepared for historic racing during the 2010s and raced by its Canadian owner in a select number of historic F2 events.

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