Friday, August 31, 2012

BMW Group to make its presence felt at the Goodwood Revival 2012

The Goodwood revival is an event wherein one gets to see motor races taking place in an authentic 1940-60's environment. This event has been taking place since 1998 and is one of the events where one can enjoy the beauty of brands like BMW, MINI and Rolls Royce.

BMW has a lineup of three race prepared bikes in order to stand a chance of wining the Barry Sheene Memorial trophy. Two pre war BMW R5 models along with a BMW RS 54 will be taking part in this contest. These two models boast of impressive performances in both non competitive as also competitive races and contests.

Apart from brands like BMW, MINI and RR there will also be a bike Husqvarna CR 400 which Steve McQueen rode on display in the motorcycle garage during the event. A restored Klemm 25 aircraft will also be on display on the tarmac at this event to help remind people of BMW role in aircraft manufacture. BMW 503, BMW 507 along with RR Silver cloud will be some of the cars on display at this event. To lure motorcycle enthusiast's motorcycles such as the BMW R 24, BMW R 26, BMW R 51/2 with sidecar, and the BMW R 69 S will also be on display. A BMW 328 in which Sir Striling Moss won his first car race will also be on display outside the group garages.

 

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