The future camouflaged in the past

Ahead of the testing phase for BMW’s new prototype for the 2023 IMSA Sports Car Championship series in the US, BMW M Motorsport has unveiled the car in this fantastic camouflage livery. The BMW M Hybrid V8, as it will be known, sports a look designed by BMW Group Designworks, and celebrates the history of BMW Motorsport in North America while defining a dynamic hybrid electric future. 

The hallmark of the design for the BMW M Hybrid V8 is the wide kidney. In addition, it boasts typical BMW M design elements such as the nested 50th anniversary logo on the bonnet, twin BMW icon lights, dynamic body side, Hofmeister kink window graphic, M ‘hook’ mirrors and the tail-lights.

The camouflage livery in which the BMW M Hybrid V8 will complete its testing, contains many elements from five decades of motor racing history in the States. The images of iconic racecars – the 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL, the 1981 BMW M1/C, the 1978 BMW 320i Turbo, the 1986 BMW GTP, the BMW M3 E36 GTS-2, the BMW Z4 GTLM and the BMW M8 GTE – create a graphic mosaic which obscures the shape of the BMW M Hybrid V8 during testing.

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