The Exhilarating Thrill of Luxury Driving BMW's M Series School Debuts

  Class Features line of M Series, Top Instructors, Exhilarating Track Time
                      .... Even Helmets for Participants

    SPARTANBURG, S.C., May 22 Driving enthusiasts will enjoy
this year's ultimate Father's Day gift: M School -- an exhilarating
two-and-a-half days of high-performance driving instruction at the BMW
Performance Center Driving School.

    "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."

    The M School class, debuting in July, 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 systems on the ultra slick skid pad.

    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 its predecessor; 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 the BMW Prototype Technology Group 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, a
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. Prices
include all catered meals and two nights of accommodations
($3,650 per person). 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 -- one of
only a few in the world -- where drivers are surprised when obstacles suddenly
appear in front of their moving vehicles.  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 the BMW Driving School, 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).