BMW has unveiled the all-new, third-generation X5, which combines weight reductions and improved aerodynamics with the typically excellent powertrains BMW is known for.
While other groups are out working on ways to break world records, BMW just set a new Guinness World Record for the longest sustained drift. A BMW M5 sedan slid for 51.278 miles around a skid pad at the brand’s Performance Center near Greenville, South Carolina.
In South Carolina, on the same large campus as a BMW factory and museum, there is a place where German motors scream louder than they can on any public road, and large amounts of rubber are sacrificed to the driving gods. This is the home of the BMW Performance Driving School, where past and future meet. But, we found, “the moment” is all there is when you’re behind the wheel of a high-powered BMW, testing the limits of both automobile and driver. BMW asked us to visit this great place and experience the driving course, and, as is our want, we enthusiastically accepted.
To answer the most important immediate question first, “yes.” As in, “Yes, the ‘700’ part of ‘DDMWorks Ariel Atom 700’ means 700 horsepower.” We were pretty excited to hear about this development, too.