Inhaltsverzeichnis
FOREWORD
By Jochen Neerpasch, founding CEO of BMW Motorsport GmbH
1 The Power to Win
Inside the performance culture of BMW’ s M Division
2 Motorsport Is in BMW’ s Blood
A century of success on two wheels and four, in F1, Touring Cars, Le Mans— and in the air
3 From Racetrack to Road
The heat of competition breeds brilliant cars for BMW customers
4 M1: The Elegant Inspiration
The BMW supercar that became an icon— and how it nearly didn’ t make it into production
5 The 1980s: M3, M5, M6— the Gen-1 Favorites
First generation M-Division customer cars deliver dazzling performance
6 The 1990s: Hitting the Big Time
Six-cylinder M3 and V-8 M5 raise the dynamic benchmark ever higher
7 The 2000s: Peak Performance, Peak Complexity
More cylinders, more revs, more power and speed— and arguably the best M3 of all
8 Excursion Off-Road: The M SUVs
Contentious at first, the hotshot X5M and X6M soon won the world over
9 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos— M Takes a Chance
From the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS
10 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos— M Takes a Chance
From the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS
11 M6, M8: The High-End Coupé s
Lavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success?
12 M6, M8: The High-End Coupé s Lavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success?
13 Turning Down the Heat: The Nearly-M Cars
M-Performance models are a Tempting halfway point to full-house M Cars
14 Shaping the M Story: Inside the Design Studio How does an M Car stand out
from the crowd? Secrets from chief designer Marcus Syring’ s studio
15 Today, Tomorrow, and into an Electric Future CEO Markus Flasch on why zero-emissions
M Cars will deliver even more thrills
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
