M Driving School - 05/15/2001

BMW'S NEW M SCHOOL DEBUTS IN JULY Class Features Top Instructors, Exhilarating Track Time...Even Helmets for Participants

BMW lovers and driving enthusiasts everywhere will race to enroll in the company's newest class - M School - an exhilarating two-and-a-half days of high-performance driving instruction at the BMW Performance Center Driving School in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

"The M School was developed for enthusiasts who want to learn how to get the most out of BMW's high performance M brand automobiles," said Tom Strahs, spokesman for the BMW Performance Center Driving Schools. "This program has been developed using Michelin's test track on the second day so they'll be able to do just that."

Debuting in July, the M School offers behind-the-wheel action including performance driving, handling tips and timed slalom courses. The M School incorporates practical lessons, too, such as accident avoidance and hands-on experience with BMW's traction control systems on the ultra slick skid pad. The BMW M Brand represents decades of race-bred, high performance engineering, technology, safety and sheer driving pleasure. Participants utilize the BMW Performance Center's stable of powerful M brand automobiles, including the ultimate M5 sedans; the all-new M3 coupes, with almost 100 horsepower more than previous models; the muscular and sporty M roadsters and scintillating M coupes, both with all-new engines.

BMW professional driving instructors conduct the classes, providing valuable insight and expertise. The M School driving experience is enhanced by a number of special measures including an impressive roster of guest speakers from Prototype Technology Group, the team that races M3s; a tour of the nearby manufacturing facility where M roadsters and M coupes (in addition to the popular Z3 roadsters and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles) are produced; welcome reception and formal dinner; and awards ceremony to recognize M School "graduates." Participants keep the open-face Simpson helmets they use in the class to commemorate the occasion.

Class size for BMW's M School is limited to 20 participants and is priced at $3,650 per person, which includes all catered meals and two nights of accommodations. Gift certificates are available.

The BMW Performance Center Driving School road course can be configured 35 different ways and uses special features not found in most driver training programs, ranging from a slippery skid pad to a water wall corridor - considered to be one of the most effective ways to simulate unforeseen obstacles that suddenly appear. An emergency braking zone provides the opportunity to learn the relationship between speed and stopping distance and how to brake with an ABS-equipped vehicle on both wet and dry surfaces.
The BMW Performance Center is home to a BMW driving school, factory delivery program and world-class conference center. Its facilities and programs offer visitors a unique automotive-related experience. At one location, a visitor can tour the $1.6 billion state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, browse the Zentrum Museum, host a corporate event and enroll in one of several driving instruction programs.

More information on the BMW Performance Center Driving School is available through the BMW Performance Center's toll free number, 888-345-4BMW (4269).

 

Damn.....that sounds awesome. I've always wanted to go to a racing school. I'd like to get into something that will offer some training in a rear mounted engine. I've heard that peformance driving in those things is completely drifferent that front mounted RWD cars.

 

Yet another thing to add to my wishlist. Goddamn, I need more money...

 

wish i had the cash would do that or skip barber.. m3sins you doing that.. .

 

I'm definitly looking into it. Its not only fun for the 2 1/2 days, but a lesson for life in defensive driving. (I feel like a father preaching to my son).