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September 2014

The Art of Initiation

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Summercanquicklygetawayfromyou.Asahighschoolteacher,Ialwaysplantospendmysummersperfectingmycurriculum,catchinguponindustrypublications,creatingmyownart,andofcourse,cleaningmyhouse.Butsummersarefunny.NosoonerhaveIwavedgoodbyetomygraduatingseniors,I’mintroducingmyselftomynewincomingfreshmen.Wheredoesthetimego?

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Thefirst-everBMWM4waswelcomedintotheBMWMfamilybynavigatingthroughathrilling,one-of-akindcoursecreat-edalmostentirelyoutofcurrentandclassicBMWMvehiclessourcedfromfans.BMWenthusiastsfromalloverthecountryvolunteeredtheirBMWMvehiclesfromeverygenerationtobeapartofthisexclusiveexperience,includinganultra-rareBMW1SeriesMCoupe.

With49totalcars,4racecarsandmorethan11,566horsepow-er,precisiondriversMattMullins,ChiefDrivingInstructor,BMWPerformanceDrivingSchool,andChrisForsberg,FormulaDriftChampion,puttheBMWM4throughthespecially-designedcoursethatformedtheshapeofaBMWMSerieslogo-re-vealedattheendofthevideo.

The2015BMWM4Coupeispoweredbythesame3.0-literinline-6cylinderenginewithMTwinPowerTurbotechnologyasitsM3sibling.TheBMWM4Coupefeaturesincreasedper-formancelevelsthatdistinguishitfrompreviousgenerationsoftheM3family,delivering425horsepower.TheBMWM4CoupewillstartwithanMSRPof$65,125.

TheMInitiationvideoisnowavailableonBMWofNorthAmer-ica’sYouTubeandsocialmediachannelswiththehashtag#MRated.(Oryoucanclickthephotoabove.)

KBS(KirschenbaumBondSenecal+Partners),theagencyofrecordforBMWofNorthAmerica,createdtheMInitiationvid-eoandisresponsibleforBMWofNorthAmerica’stelevision,digitaladvertisingandsocialmediaactivations.

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The Fastest Art AroundFirstcomprehensivepublicationabouttheBMWArtCarCollectiontolaunchintheUS.

The BMW Group.NewJersey.

TheBMWGroupandpublisherHatjeCantzarepleasedtoannouncethelaunchofthefirstcomprehensivepublicationaboutthelegendaryBMWArtCarsintheUS.ThebookwillfirstbepresentedattheArtFairParisPhotoLosAngelesonApril24,2014andwillbeavailableonamazon.comfor$45.00asofearlyJune2014(ISBN9789775799458).

On195pagestherichlyillustratedbookpresentsauniqueoverviewofthehistoryofthisautomotivecollection,launchedin1975,anddesignedbymajormodernandcontemporaryartists.Variousportraitsandinterviewsprovideaninsightintotheircreativeprocesseswhilegivingadescriptiveaccountofthehistoricaldevelopmentofthecollection.

40 Years of Fascination

Forover40years,theBMWArtCarCollectionhasfascinatedartanddesignenthusiastsaswellasloversofcarsandtech-nologyallovertheworldwithitsuniquecombinationoffineartandinnovativeautomobiletechnology.Thecollectionfirst

startedwhenFrenchracecardriverandartaficionadoHervéPoulain,togetherwithJochenNeerpasch,thenBMWMo-torsportDirector,askedhisartistfriendAlexanderCaldertodesignanautomobile.TheresultwasaBMW3.0CSLwhichin1975competedinthe24HoursofLeMans,whereitquick-lybecamethecrowd’sfavorite:thebirthoftheBMWArtCarCollection.

17 International Artists

Sincethen17internationalartistshavedesignedBMWmodels,amongthemsomeofthemostrenownedartistsofourtime:AlexanderCalder(1975),FrankStella(1976),RoyLichtenstein(1977),AndyWarhol(1979),ErnstFuchs(1982),RobertRauschenberg(1986),MichaelJagamaraNelson(1989),KenDone(1989),MatazoKayama(1990),CésarMan-rique(1990),A.R.Penck(1991),EstherMahlangu(1991),San-droChia(1992),DavidHockney(1995),JennyHolzer(1999),OlafurEliasson(2007),JeffKoons(2010).

These“rollingsculptures”offerawiderangeofartisticinter-pretations.WhenDavidHockneycreatedhisArtCarin1995,hepaintedtheinsideofthecarontheoutside,revealing

Above:CesarManriquesignsaBMW730i.BMWAG. Below:AlexanderCalderstandsinfrontofaBMW3.0CSL.BMWAG.Right,Top:ErnstFuch’sdesignedBMW635i.BMWAG. Right,Bottom:AndyWarholpaintsaBMWM1.BMWAG.

everythingfrominternalenginepartstoadogintheback.RoyLichtensteinontheotherhanddepictedtheouterworldonhiscar,fromthesuntothetarmac.RobertRauschenbergincorporatedphotographictransfersofclassicalpaintingswhileAndyWarholandJeffKoonsusedthecanvasofthecartoportraytheessenceofspeed.

TheBMWArtCarpublicationfeaturing200pagesand148imageswasreleasedbyartpublishinghouseHatjeCantz.Aslipcaseprovidesthepersonal“parkingspace”forthisbookthatwasdesignedbySchmid+WidmaierDesign.ItscoverwascreatedbyJeffKoons.Thepublicationincludesawiderangeofsignificantarticlesbyinternationalexpertsandarthistorians.Theco-foundersoftheArtCarseries,HervéPou-lainandJochenNeerpasch,arealsohavingtheirsay.

Withmorethan100cooperationsworldwide,BMWGroupculturalcommitmenthasbeenanessentialpartofcorpo-ratecommunicationsforover40yearsnow.Unrestrictedfreedomofcreativepotentialisoftheutmostimportance,asitisequallyascrucialforthefieldofartasitisforground-breakinginnovationswithinabusinessenterprise.TheBMWGroupplacesthemainfocusofitsculturalcommitmentonmodernandcontemporaryart,jazzandclassicalmusicaswellasarchitectureanddesign.

BMW Group in AmericaBMWofNorthAmerica,LLChasbeenpresentintheUnitedStatessince1975.Rolls-RoyceMotorCarsNA,LLCbegandistributingvehiclesin2003.TheBMWGroupintheUnitedStateshasgrowntoincludemarketing,sales,andfinancialserviceorganizationsfortheBMWbrandofmotorvehicles,includingmotorcycles,theMINIbrand,andtheRolls-RoycebrandofMotorCars;DesignworksUSA,astrategicdesignconsultancyinCalifornia;atechnologyofficeinSiliconValleyandvariousotheroperationsthroughoutthecountry.BMWManufacturingCo.,LLCinSouthCarolinaispartofBMWGroup’sglobalmanufac-turingnetworkandistheexclusivemanufacturingplantforallX5andX3SportsActivityVehiclesandX6SportsActivityCoupes.TheBMWGroupsalesorganizationisrepresentedintheU.S.throughnetworksof339BMWpassengercarandBMWSportsActivityVehiclecenters,139BMWmotorcycleretailers,119MINIpassengercardealers,and35Rolls-RoyceMotorCardealers.BMW(US)HoldingCorp.,theBMWGroup’ssalesheadquartersforNorthAmerica,islocatedinWoodcliffLake,NewJersey.

InformationaboutBMWGroupproductsisavailabletoconsumersviatheInternetat:www.bmwgroupna.com.

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