BMW celebrated at Goodwood

Goodwood (UK), 11 April 2016

Since 1993, the world's largest car garden party held every summer on the estate of the Earl of March in the UK Goodwood: the "Festival of speed". Meanwhile, the huge event is a mixture of show race and car show. That of course will cost money, which is why the Earl of March every year take a potent main sponsor in the boat, whose Fahrzeuge are at the heart. In recent years, the Porsche, Mercedes and Mazda were, 2016 BMW's turn. The reason for this is obvious: this year, the Bavarian brand is 100 years old.

Sculpture shows past and future

This is why BMW has a whole armada of vehicles on two and four wheels. The central element will be a striking sculpture that is widely visible. Her are the BMW 328 Mille Miglia Roadster, the Brabham BMW BT52 and the BMW V12 LMR attached. Thus, BMW celebrates his motorsport success in touring cars, formula 1 and Le Mans. The Festival of speed lives especially by the sound of the cars that take the 1.9-kilometer mountain race course under the wheels. 2016 will include a BMW 507 from 1957, the victorious 328 touring Coupé of the Mille Miglia of 1940 and a 1800 TI/SA of 1965 be.

Gas is delivered in June

Also motorcycle fans get their money's worth: at the start, BMW brings a R50 S Kaczor from 1966, the R90 S from 1976, and a WR 750 compressor in 1929. As the Festival of speed has emerged as England's biggest auto show BMW shows some novelties in Goodwood. There are the M2, the i8 protonic red Edition and the M4 GTS. The latter will be to see in action. Your own "M Avenue" on the site is celebrating the best M-models of the last 40 years. Performance get pleasure? The Goodwood Festival of speed takes place from 23-26 June 2016. (rh)

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