Supercar Blondie’s Alex Hirschi was able to get behind the wheel of what is arguably one of the most amazing BMW concept cars ever made.
It’s the BMW Vision M Next and, as the name suggests, it was designed as a way to showcase what lies ahead for BMW.
Unveiled at the back end of the 2010s, the M Next gives us a glimpse into what we can expect from BMW for the next 10 years.
Some of the components are 3D-printed, but there’s also something else that’s special about this car.
One of the issues with electric cars is they’re soundless.
This creates a potential safety issue for pedestrians, but it also creates an ’emotional’, so to speak, issue for the driver.
Obviously, it is difficult to match the excitement of a V8, V10 or V12, but BMW still tried.
In order to do that, they hired Oscar- and Grammy-winning Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer to engineer a sound for BMW’s electric cars.
This is something they’re doing with some of their production cars these days but, crucially, the Vision M Next was the first car they tried this with.
