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Wim Van Bogaert gives an overview of key messages and show highlights. Key highlights that are featured include the BMW Concept 5 Series Gran Turismo, the BMW Z4 Roadster, BMW EfficientDynamics as well as BMW ConnectedDrive. The BMW Concept 5 Series Gran Turismo offers an impressive outlook on the extension of the BMW 5 Series by a new, additional concept. With its stylish appearance and comfortable driving experience, the BMW Concept 5 Series Gran Turismo transfers the characteristics of a classic Gran Turismo to a very special four-door vehicle with four seats. These features so typical of a Gran Turismo are then enriched by the highest standard of intelligent, versatile functionality. At Geneva BMW is celebrating the European premiere of the new BMW Z4 Roadster. The new Z4 offers greater elegance, it is sleeker and more stretched, and offers perfect harmony in its body lines. The retractable hardtop opens in barely 20 seconds. 1.35 million vehicles on the road with BMW EfficientDynamics clearly demonstrate how BMW Group is leading the competition in terms of CO2 reduction.BMW ConnectedDrive offers a unique portfolio of innovations in the three areas of motoring comfort, infotainment, and safety. The innovation at BMW ConnectedDrive in Geneva is BMW Routes. BMW Routes offers specially selected routes for the connoisseur – including restaurants, sites and hotel accommodation.

Judging from the new 7 Series BMW is presenting here, BMW EfficientDynamics is available in the entire, line-up, from the BMW 1 Series straight to the top of the line-up in the BMW 7 Series. After the presentation last year of the BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid, BMW is showcasing another hybrid concept: the BMW Concept 7 Series ActiveHybrid. Wieland Bruch, explains how the unique, broad-scale effect of BMW EfficientDynamics is achieved by technologies used at low cost for customers in all segments. Consistently continuing this strategy, BMW is set to introduce hybrid technology with a great potential for further efficiency borne out in particular in higher segments of the market in more powerful vehicles. As part of BMW EfficientDynamics, ongoing electrification of the drivetrain all the way to full hybridisation offers additional advantages in fuel economy. The BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid - also present in Paris - has already demonstrated the requirements to a hybrid model built by the BMW Group: greater driving dynamics under all driving conditions than on existing hybrid cars and, at the same time, a double-digit enhancement of efficiency compared to corresponding models without hybrid technology. The hybrid technology of the BMW Concept 7 Series ActiveHybrid is explained showcasing the individual powertrain components. Truly exciting news about BMW´s ActiveHybrid Concepts is that both will enter the market in 2009, as the BMW X6 ActiveHybrid and the BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid.

Wherever you look at the BMW Stand in Paris, you can see the new BMW 7 Series and BMW EfficientDynamics. No other luxury sedan combines driving dynamics and efficiency with that much style, comfort and luxury.The new BMW 7 Series is equipped with the very best BMW has on offer: innovations for enhanced fuel economy as well as new safety and convenience features, not to mention the innovations combining unparallelled dynamics with enhanced driving comfort. These innovations go hand in hand with even greater and more fulfilling sheer driving pleasure. Wim Van Bogaert explains a few of these key innovations in the new BMW 7 Series using interactive displays that invite the visitor to learn the benefit of each innovation. Both in BMW EfficientDynamics gallery as well in the BMW ConnectedDrive area each one the technologies can be tested and tried - interactively. The idea to engage visitors and let them understand BMW´s innovation by experiencing their benefits is a red thread prevalent all over the stand.

From 4 till 19 October, the Paris Motor Show opens its doors for the public.What has been catching the eyes of public and press in Paris? Introducing the BMW Vodcasts from the Paris Motor Show 2008.

When you walk on the BMW Stand, BMW EfficientDynamics catches the eye - again. With such a wide range of cars equipped with BMW EfficientDynamics, ranging from the 1 Series straight to the 7 Series, it is obvious that BMW EfficientDynamics is a pervasive element in the product development across the product portfolio. These innovations for enhanced fuel economy go hand in hand with even greater and more fulfilling sheer driving pleasure. BMW EfficientDynamics. Less emissions. More driving pleasure. Jan-Christiaan Koenders, Vice President in charge of Communications, explains how the momentum BMW have been building with BMW EfficientDynamics since last year is real and measurable: - TODAY 23 BMW models comply with the exhaust emission standard EU5. - TODAY 40 percent of the European BMW fleet run s below the limit of 140 grams of CO2 per kilometer - The one millionth BMW vehicle with BMW EfficientDynamics measures was a BMW 520d, the only vehicle in the medium category with a CO2 level of less than 140 grams per kilometer and EU5 classification. - No other manufacturer has reduced CO2 emissions further than BMW. This has been confirmed by the environmental NGO Transport and Environment, based on data published by the EU commission. - Numerous international awards and prizes confirm the unique success of the BMW EfficientDynamics development strategy: - The BMW 118d only recently received the World Green Car of the Year Award. - In Germany and Britain, BMW EfficientDynamics has been lauded as the most effective package for reducing fuel consumpton and emissions. - The latest Dow Jones Sustainability Index lauds BMW as the "most sustainable car maker worldwide".

Soenke Kroll explains how BMW´s long-term EfficientDynamics vision of emissions-free driving can be summed up with one vehicle: the BMW Hydrogen 7. As the world's first luxury performance sedan with hydrogen drive, it runs on the most plentiful element in the world and emits virtually nothing but water vapor. With its capability of emissions-free driving while running on hydrogen, the BMW Hydrogen7 can drive in London without even paying the London congestion charge. Because the infrastructure for refueling a hydrogen internal combustion engine is not yet complete, the V-12 engine also runs on gasoline at the push of a button. The unique feature of the BMW Hydrogen7 is that it drives on liquid hydrogen, which has a much higher energy desity as if it were in gaseous form. The BMW Hydrogen7 is a small series production vehicle of around 100 units prividing the proof-of-concept of BMW´s vision of emissions-free driving. Beyond showcasing the car at international Motor Shows, BMW wants the world's influencers to see up close, and try for themselves….

One of the main BMW stories in Tokyo is about how performance and efficiency do fit together. Before a sculptural backdrop of some of the latest BMW engines and many of BMW´s finest engine optimization measures, Dirk Arnold explains how BMW EfficientDynamics is currently being implemented across the BMW model range to achieve a broad-scale effect. Taking a mid-term perspective Dirk Arnold moves to the very front of the BMW stand where a further highlight of the Tokyo Motor Show 2007 is spotlighted: the BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid. This concept study of BMW's first all-hybrid vehicle demonstrates the potential of a combination of the internal combustion engine and electric drive when implemented in a form that is true to BMW. Moving on to the BMW Hydrogen7 which is presented side-by-side to the BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid, Dirk Arnold comments how this is another showcase for BMW´s understanding of how BMW EfficientDynamics goes beyond isolated building blocks. The BMW Hydrogen7 is the first produced premium limousine in the world fueled by hydrogen liquid with water emissions. It's not an end solution, but a manufacturable proof-of-concept of BMW´s vision of emissions-free driving. And one BMW wants the world's influencers to see up close, and try for themselves….

From 27 October till 11 November, the Tokyo Motor Show opens its doors for the public in its 40th edition. What has been catching the eyes of public and press in Tokyo? Introducing the BMW Vodcasts from the Tokyo Motor Show 2007.