BMW officials, in addition to confirming their decision to pull out from Formula One racing at the end of the 2009 season, also revealed today that the Bavarian automaker will swipe the covers off an all-new ‘green’ sports car concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The announcement was made by the Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development, Klaus Draeger, at the press conference on the realignment of the German firm’s motor sports activities.
“Sustainability is becoming very important,” said Draeger in his speech. You will see a sustainable development product at the IAA in Frankfurt in a few weeks in the form of a concept car. The BMW EfficientDynamics Vision will show how efficient a sports car can be.
“Anyone who takes a closer look at this concept car will understand the direction in which we are developing our
technology. And it will become evident that we will have to dedicate more human and financial resources to this type of development work,” Draeger concluded.
It was reporterd that the concept sports car study may very well act as a teaser for a production model that could hit the market as soon as 2012 rivaling the likes of the Audi R8 and Porsche 911.
It has also been reported that ‘green’ supercar of BMW’s will be a two-seater mid-engined coupe equipped with the latest fuel-saving technologies from BMW‘s Efficient Dynamics programme including direct injection, brake energy regeneration and stop-start systems plus enhanced aerodynamics.
