BMW Group Classic Now Has Motorsport Division

With all the 2010 classic car shows and races just beginning to unravel, German carmaker BMW thought to have a special division in charge with advertising the past. As a result, the BMW Group Classic announced the creation of the Motorsport division, as a means to offer assistance to all those taking part in classic competitions in BMW and Mini vehicles.

Although the division was formed in January this year, BMW announces it only this month. It's main task is to ensure the same services BMW Classic offers road cars, but for racing classic cars.

“Anyone who owns a high-performance car like that will also want to drive it,” Friedrich Nohl, head of the Motorsport division of BMW Group Classic said. “Even in historic motor sport we are pushing men and materials to their limits.”

To showcase its know-how, the new division will use a Mini Cooper S Mark 1 from 1964 and a 970s BMW 1602 Touring as demonstration vehicles. Both will be rebuilt from the ground up, with the MINI to be converted to a competition car

The new division will be seen at work at events like Oldtimer Grand Prix, Festival of Speed, Mille Miglia, Le Mans Classic.

“We want to make it possible for the owners of our successful classics to get involved in events and competitions without having to sacrifice the driving fun which these cars offer to this day,” Friedrich Nohl stresses.