Road Trip: Bavaria and the BMW Museum

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A smorgasbord of BMW fare:

 

M engines
MMMMM… engines!

 

The BMW Museum Touring Car room features the 1975 BMW 3.0CSL Batmobile.  The Batmobile won 5 European Touring Car Championships between 1973 and 1979.  They had a 3.5L 6 cylinder engine with 430 horsepower. 

 

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The Batmobile nickname was coined due to the crazy aerodynamic modifications. 

 

The BMW M3 GTR V8 that won the 2005 ADAC 24 Hours Nurburgring.  Driving duties were shared by Boris Said, Duncan Huisman, Pedro Lamy, and Andy Priaulx.  

 

It was the final race for the Schnitzer Motorsport M3 which had also competed in the 2001 American LeMans series.

  

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