Munich. The real
experience is the process of getting there: In BMW
Adventure Trainings and Adventure Trips, the actual
training experience is enriched by another essential
factor: These events combine exclusivity with individual
style, a team experience with a club ambience, the
thrill of traveling with mastery in controlling one's
car, and, not least, the joy of discovery with the
experience of learning anew. Highly interesting training
sessions are being offered in 2005:
For the detailed program, further information, data
and prices of BMW Adventure Training and Adventure Trips
in 2005, please see the internet at
(with link to English language version) or call the BMW
Driver Training Hotline on ++49/1805 /32 47 37.
BMW's Winter Driver Training Sessions on snow and ice
start each year in early December. The training
locations are in Sölden, Austria and in Ċre, Sweden. All
of these training sessions have one asset in common:
They offer a unique combination of successful learning
in mastering your car on snow and ice with truly
outstanding fun and a great experience.
The Winter Training Sessions in Sölden last two days.
Participants drive a BMW 330i and other models in large,
generously dimensioned training areas either in the
valley or at the bottom of the Rettenbach and Tiefenbach
Glaciers, as well as on cordoned-off sections of the
mountain road between Sölden and the glacier area. The
concept of wellness and really enjoying life is also
important during the Sölden Training Sessions: Spending
a wonderful evening in a mountain block cabin or
relaxing in the bathing and sauna area of a five-star
hotel, it is easy to leave the stress of everyday life
behind and "let it all hang out".
In Ċre, in the heart of Sweden's largest Alpine skiing
area, a large and again generously dimensioned ice
surface on the lake directly in front of the hotel is
reserved as the "dancing floor" for the BMW M3s with
their spike tyres. Over and above the Training Sessions
culminating in a truly unforgettable ice rally, the
beautiful countryside on the Polar Circle offers lots of
wonderful opportunities for a short vacation. Indeed,
BMW's Adventure Training in Ċre comes with an exclusive
accompanying programme, offering participants the
opportunity to discover an icy cave or go for a ride on
a snowmobile.
BMW Z4 Roadster Adventure Trips: Driving "Topless"
through the Most Beautiful Parts of Europe.
In spring and summer, when the weather is just right for
lowering the roof, the time is also right - if not to
say, ideal - for BMW Z4 Roadster Adventure Trips through
the most attractive countryside in Europe. Just two of
the many destinations, by way of example, are the
Tuscany Region in Italy or the Ticino Canton in
Switzerland. Cruising in their Z4s, participants spend
four wonderful days enjoying serpentine roads in the
Italian part of Switzerland, in the Engadin Region, and
in Italy itself. Experienced instructors very well
acquainted with the location make sure that every bend
is nothing but blissful pleasure on these glacier roads
and mountain passes with their breathtaking panorama.
And it almost goes without saying that these Z4
Adventure Trips come with an attractive accompanying
programme organised to make all participants feel really
at home: Specialities from the local cuisine pamper the
Z4 drivers after their excursions through the unique
countryside, to cultural and historic sights.
BMW X5 Adventure Trips: A Far-Out Experience for Man
and Machine.
The Adventure Trip in the BMW X5 through Namibia south
of the equator is certainly a unique way to combine that
Sheer Driving Pleasure so typical of BMW with a truly
unusual vacation: This nine-day offroad adventure takes
participants to one of the most beautiful and wildest
regions in the world. Covering a distance of
approximately 1,200 km or 750 miles, participants will
experience numerous challenges for man (and woman) and
machine. Downhill gradients of up to 11 %, gravel, sand,
rocky tracks and a lagoon only accessible during low
tide - these are the challenges you have to brave. On
this exclusive safari, participants also learn how to
navigate with an offroad GPS system and the roadbook,
they practise the exact handling of their car in the dry
moonscapes and mountainous sand dunes of the Namib
Desert.
The social programme on this unique trip leaves nothing
to be desired: Participants are led by highly
experienced, English or German-speaking guides through
the unique countryside in Namibia, experiencing both a
wide variety of animals and species and a consistent
change of nature. The carefully selected, highly
individual routes and overnight accommodations combine
luxury with stylish simplicity typical of the country.
The Nürburgring Nordschleife: Ideal for M3 Circuit
Training and the M5 Nürburgring "Taxi"
The aficionado of high-speed driving will be simply
thrilled by a unique race track experience on the
labyrinth of the "Green Hell", as the Nordschleife is
called. This is where participants experience the BMW
330i and M3 precisely where they are fine-tuned by BMW's
engineers and suspension specialists in the development
process. Apart from the theory of driving dynamics, the
programme comprises Section Training making participants
aware of the particular challenges of this demanding
track. The highlight of this two-day course is the
completion of several guided laps round the track almost
21 km or 13 miles in length, following a pace car
setting the right standard. In the process the
instructors ensure absolute safety: The focus is on safe
driving on the ideal line, not on the fastest lap times,
which are not measured, anyway.
A Truly Unique "Taxi": Experiencing Nürburgring in
the BMW M5.
The enthusiast wishing to experience what the 507 bhp of
a BMW M5 have to offer on the Northern Circuit of
Nürburgring will simply love taking his - or her - seat
in what must be the world's fastest "taxi": The team of
Nürburgring "taxi drivers" even comprises the likes of
racing icon Hans-Joachim Stuck, the man who drove the
race-winning BMW M3 GTR at Nürburgring on 13 June 2004.
From April - November the BMW "Taxi Driver Team" will be
supplemented by other experienced BMW Driver Training
Instructors such as Claudia Hürtgen, the winner of the
2003 German Touring Cup, or Sabine Schmitz.