BM W FEATUR E
or 100 years, the BMW
Group has inspired people
worldwide with unique
mobility experiences, and
the next 100 promises to
be even more groundbreaking; merging
innovation, design and technology to
create unparalleled mobility solutions
across the globe.
Since it was founded in 1916, the
BMW Group has played an important
role in shaping the future of mobility.
It has done so by constantly reinventing
itself – evolving from aircraft engine
manufacturer to motorcycle producer and
then carmaker. Today, the BMW Group
encompasses the BMW, MINI, BMW
Motorrad and Rolls-Royce brands,
as well as a large number of mobility
services and BMW Financial Services.
From left, the MINI VISION NEXT,
BMW VISION NEXT and the
Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT fleet.
cues from innovations and designs of the
past. The key factor throughout, however,
was something that has always been
typical of the BMW brand: the desire
to be uncompromising in its future focus
on technologies and customer value.
The VISION NEXT 100 fleet
The brand that has left a powerful legacy
of excellence in the world is set to shift up
yet another gear over the next 100 years,
showcasing pioneering technology and
design trends in its centenary year that
will become the mainstay of the future
of mobility. Each BMW Group brand will
unveil their own VISION NEXT 100 Vehicle,
inspired by megatrends and projections in
future individual mobility.
The BMW VISION NEXT 100 provides
a glimpse of what ‘Sheer Driving
Pleasure’ could look like in the future.
The MINI VISION NEXT 100 offers
a completely individualised, permanently
available form of urban mobility.
The Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT 100
epitomises bespoke automotive luxury.
The BMW Motorrad VISION NEXT 100
promises limitless freedom.
BMW VISION NEXT 100:
A vehicle for future mobility
The main objective in developing the BMW
VISION NEXT 100 was not to create an
anonymous vehicle but one that is highly
personalised and fully geared to meet the
driver’s every need – because the very
emotional connection between a BMW
and its driver is something that BMW
wants to retain. For the BMW VISION
E T 100, the design team specifically
took into account all the trends and
technological developments that will be
most relevant to BMW in the decades
ahead. But they also took many of their
Just some of the features
of the BMW VISION
NEXT 100:
Digital intelligence will transfer the driver
to ‘Ultimate Driver’
‘Alive Geometry’ enables intuitive drivervehicle interaction
‘Boost’ and ‘Ease’ driving modes enable
driver- or vehicle-controlled operation
‘Companion’: The intelligent digital
partner connects driver and car
The trademark BMW exterior
Materials of the future
Merging mobility and technology is the
future, and this is the space that the BMW
Group sees itself mastering in the next
100 years. ■
Visit www.next100.bmw for more information on the BMW Vision Next 100.
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