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By: Ian WylieWed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:59 AM
A skunkworks at BMW builds customized, high-performance screamers. It's also building a better BMW.

The M version of the Z4 coupe is among the next products in the pipeline. And rumor has it the new 1-Series compact--successful in Europe but so far absent from American driveways--may be about to get the M treatment. And what about the other end of the range, the luxury 7-Series saloon?

"Our board of directors says we mustn't touch the 7 series," says Löcker, "although we would like to do something. . . ." But exactly what is lost in the thunder of his V10 engine.

Ian Wylie (london@fast company.com) writes for Fast Company from London.

From Issue 100 | November 2005

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