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Morning Reads: 17 October 2007

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BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM PIT LANE PARK TO VISIT LAS VEGAS
10/16/2007

BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park to visit Las Vegas.
Munich, 16 October 2007. The BMW Sauber F1 Team brings Formula One back to Las Vegas. From January 7 to 10 2008, the spectacular Pit Lane Park will be stopping off in America’s entertainment capital. For the first time since the 1982 US Grand Prix, the sound of a BMW Formula One engine will ring out across the Nevada desert once again.

For the BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park, the new year will kick off in the same way as the current season is ending—with an overseas appearance. For the Formula One race weekend in China, the high-tech event park wowed the fans in Shanghai from October 5 to 7 with its hands-on Formula One experience. After a brief winter break it will then set off on its journey to the United States in January.

Pit Lane Park will be one of the highlights of the support program for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This trade fair, held annually since 1967, is a showcase for pioneering home entertainment products. The CES has been the venue for the premiere of such technical innovations as the video recorder, the CD player and, more recently, high-definition television (HDTV). The CES is one of the most important trade fairs for the BMW Sauber F1 Team’s Official Corporate Partner Intel, who will be exhibiting at the event. The exhibition grounds extend across the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Las Vegas Hilton hotel and The Venetian, right on the city’s famous Strip. The BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park will be set up on the Gold Lot car park on the corner of Paradise Road and Convention Center Drive.

So far this year Pit Lane Park has made appearances in Kuala Lumpur, Barcelona, Rome, Silverstone, at the N??rburgring, in Warsaw and in Shanghai. Formula One fans in the US can now look forward to a very special motor sport experience early in 2008. Entering the replica pit lane means stepping through the gateway to motor racing’s crowning discipline. Here visitors can put questions to Formula One experts, prove their talent as a member of the pit crew in the Pit Stop Challenge, or clock up some race laps in the simulator. Numerous exhibits will be on display that visitors are permitted – indeed positively encouraged – to touch in order to get to know the objects first hand.

But the highlight of every Pit Lane Park visit is the demonstration rides along the 90-meter track. A race car from the BMW Sauber F1 Team and one from Formula BMW, the worldwide junior series run by BMW, will be putting on some thrilling displays.


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BMW Welt Opening – Press Conference
Live broadcast of the Press Conference of BMW Group on October 17, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. CEST


The opening of the BMW Welt

When the BMW Welt in Munich opens its doors for the official opening event on October 20th and 21st, visitors from all over the world will be welcome to indulge in an exclusive experience of the various sections of the BMW Welt. We would be very pleased to see you there, too! Explore the Double Cone, the Technology and Design Atelier and the various restaurants and shops. During this weekend you can also take a look behind the scenes of the BMW Welt and visit areas which are usually reserved for customers only. And there’ll be lots of action in the outdoor area around the BMW Welt, too: a BMW xDrive circuit for adults, a children’s traffic circuit, an entertainment program with moderator and films on a specially constructed stage. Here there will also be a live broadcast of the Formula 1 qualifying race from Brazil. As of the following Monday, the BMW Welt goes into regular operation and will be open to everyone from 9 am to 8 pm.

Before this on October 17th, BMW will celebrate the opening of its groundbreaking experience and automobile delivery centre with invited guests. BMW TV will report on the event in detail. Watch the entire event live from 10:30 am on October 17th on www.bmw-welt.com or www.bmw.de to find out interesting information and gain impressive insights into the BMW Welt.


BMW Welt Opening Cerimonial Act. Live broadcast of the Ceremonial Act on October 17, 2007 at 11:eek:o a.m. CEST

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John, This looks very painful... (though, I'm intrigued by the Star Trek typeface employed... :brow )

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John, This looks very painful... (though, I'm intrigued by the Star Trek typeface employed... :brow )

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And I'm further intrigued as this is the first bike I've ever seen named after a grammatical term.

What's next? Suzuki's Dangling Modifer?
 
More and more new bike designs I see seem to be heading to produce less and less useful and functional motorcycles.

Good examples:

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As you all have pointed out concept bikes stir the imagination on many levels. The tensions or contradictions in concept bikes strike me. The range of the tank appears to offer your imagination is measured in hundreds of miles, while to my eye the seatÔÇÖs comfort range would be measured in feet.
 
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