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33
The year 2006
>>01 Long-wheelbase
version of the BMW 5
Series – developed exclu-
sively for the Chinese
market.
>>02 Trophy for Andy
Priaulx, World Champion
twice over.
>>03 FIA World Touring
Car Championship
(WTCC), “Guia Circuit”,
Macau, China.
>>04 The new BMW X5
continues the success of
its predecessor with
dynamic performance,
powerful elegance and
great exclusivity.
01/12/2006
BMW X5 has its world premiere
at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
Munich/Los Angeles. As the Los Angeles Auto
Show celebrated its 100th jubilee in December, the
BMW Group staged two world premieres, both of
which were spectacular jubilee highlights. The new
BMW X5 was presented to the public for the first
time in Los Angeles. The new edition of the suc-
cessful Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) is produced in
the BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and
had been awaited on the US market, which is so
important for vehicles of this segment, with tremen-
dous excitement. The BMW Group also presented
the BMW Hydrogen 7, the first luxury sedan for
everyday use to be powered by liquid hydrogen. A
limited number of these series-produced vehicles
will be available to a select group of customers
from 2007.
During the run-up to the auto show, the BMW
Group announced that it would offer its equally per-
formance-oriented and efficient diesel power units
in the United States during the course of 2008.Thus,
these engines, known in Europe for their unique
synthesis of dynamic power development and low
fuel consumption, will also enter the BMW Group’s
strongest single market for retail: the United States.
>> 04