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A thousand miles or Mille Miglia. If you have a name is more important than 1600 km, you will certainly be a very interesting new concept BMW Concept Coupe Mille Miglia. However, even if you do not know about the legendary race of the same name, you will still be very interesting.


Race Mille Miglia was resurrected in 1977, but not as a sporting event, but as a gathering of vintage sports cars, analogues of which in the period from 1927 to 1957 participated in these prestigious competitions.

At the Mille Miglia in 2006 brought a group of BMW coupe concept BMW Mille Miglia, at the same time like a car in the distant future and the well-known car of the past - BMW 328 Mille Miglia Touring Coupe, win a difficult race in 1940.

Executed in the style of retro futurism, Mille Miglia Coupe uses a modified drivetrain and suspension components of the BMW Z4 M Coupe, but four inches below and 23 inches longer than the model. Coupe is equipped with atmospheric inline six-cylinder engine of 3246 cm3 of the Z4 M capacity of 343 horsepower with a modified intake manifold and a modified exhaust system.


At the very lightweight aluminum chassis mounted body, the panel is molded from carbon fiber (CFRP) and, as a tribute to its former victories, painted in a classic racing color of Germany. Climbing the hinged roof allowed to do without traditional doors, reducing the overall weight of the structure and significantly increased torsional rigidity.

The interior of the BMW Mille Miglia Coupe built in the spirit of functional simplicity, which has always been characteristic of racing cars of the company. The lounge is used only three materials: thin stainless steel, lycra and raw cowhide. This modesty extends to the emblem and the inscription, neatly deposited on the surface using laser technology.