Past Concepts, Forgotten Prototypes - Part 2

1995 BMW Z18 Concept

 This concept is the only roadster with off road capabilities BMW has ever developed and inspired by a desire for the versatile mobility and wind in your hair feeling of Enduro motorcycles with all the comforts of a car.

Powered by a 355hp V8 and 4 wheel drive this prototype is fully functional and fully capable of going off road. The Variable interior concept can be reconfigured from a 2 seater to a four seater to a pickup effortlessly.

SIRI goes from iPhone to iDrive

Apple's has just unveiled the all new iOS6 during the The 2012 Apple WWDC (developers conference) keynote presentation which just concluded, and why is this important on our BMW centric blog?

You probably already guess it from our title picture, a new feature called "Eyes Free" will officially integrate Siri functionality into cars. BMW being one of the eight manufactures to adopt this feature will allow you to keep your hands on the steering wheel while using your phone. 

Siri can be called upon with the existing BMW voice command button located on the steering wheel, you can speak with Siri through BMW's existing voice command system in languages covering 60 countries including English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Korean, Mainland Mandarin, Taiwan Mandarin and Cantonese.

Past Concepts, Forgotten Prototypes - Part 1

In the last 27 years BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH research division created numerous experimental concept vehicles, on it's 25th year in 2010 a treasure trove of images was released to celebrate the division's anniversary. The concepts featured in this article is from the late 1980's to early 2000's while some of which made it into production and most didn't, you may recognize elements which made it into production on modern BMW's today. Let's start with the year 1988 when the BMW Z1 Coupe concept was created.