It's been nearly a decade since Formula One last
raced at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, but the track is still very much
alive and well. In fact BMW just signed a partnership with the former home of
the French Grand Prix, and is celebrating with this special-edition sports
coupe.
The BMW M4 Magny-Cours Edition includes everything
the Competition Package does. So you get a 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six
rated at 444 horsepower, along with 20-inch wheels
and other goodies.
The special edition further upgrades with a
carbon-fiber front lip spoiler and rear wing, with the Bavarian automaker's
signature stripe motif running down the flanks. But that's not all.
Along with the car, the package also includes a BMW
S 1000RR sport bike – just like the one that competes in the Superbike World
Championship. The bike
features a similar livery, as well as the small matter of a 999 cc inline-four
good for nearly 200 horsepower. Consider it, then, half an M4, and with a whole
lot less mass to move around.
And it also comes with a matching mechanical
wristwatch from BRM, whose timepieces typically sell for thousands (if not tens
of thousands) all on their own. Now if you get the shrinking feeling that this
whole package would cost a lot, you're right. BMW France is charging a clean
€ 180,000 (about US$ 193k) for the trio, and will only offer ten of them.
