Fit for a champion: The BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition.
Price: THB 13,939,000 (VAT incl. with BSI Standard Package)

With just 200 units built worldwide, the BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition is a high-performance collector’s item that celebrates the victory of BMW Team RMG driver Marco Wittmann in the Drivers Championship of the 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car series. In addition to top-class motor racing technologies that underline its roots on the track, the BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition features a design in line with actual DTM racing cars – including classic BMW M racing livery stripes on top of the exclusive Alpine White bodywork as well as carbon-finished aerodynamics components.

Equipped with the innovative water injection technology that previously featured in the BMW M4 GTS, the M4 DTM Champion Edition packs an astonishing power output of 368 kW / 500 hp and a maximum torque of 600 Nm – an increase of 51 kW / 69 hp and 50 Nm respectively over the standard BMW M4. These performance enhancements result in an

impressive 0-100 km/h sprint time of just 3.8 seconds and an electronically-limited top speed of 305 km/h.

The BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition also builds upon the standard M4’s lightweight construction with the addition of bonnet, roof, instrument panel support, and rear diffuser made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), while the double-flow sports exhaust system features an end silencer made of exceptionally lightweight titanium.

On the inside, the M4 DTM Champion Edition puts both driver and co-driver in M Carbon bucket seats covered in exclusive Alcantara / Leather Merino. Furthermore, the entire interior is lined with exceptionally high-quality covering material Alcantara, also used on the M Sports steering wheel sporting a grey “12 o’clock” marker, while a white rollover bar replaces the rear seat system. Comfort and safety features include BMW navigation system Professional, adaptive LED headlights with BMW Selective Beam, OLED taillights, Park Distance Control (PDC), and automatically dimming interior and exterior mirrors

BMW 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence – THB 6,339,000 (VAT incl. with BSI Standard Package)

The BMW 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence – now available in locally-assembled form – is making top-level driving pleasure, long-distance comfort and luxury more accessible than ever to Thai motorists. With a combination of Carbon Core body structure and high-voltage battery, the 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence retains the 7 Series‘ superior driving experience and represents the most rigorous implementation yet of Efficient Dynamics in vehicles from the BMW brand.

The BMW 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence brings together a 190kW/258hp BMW TwinPower Turbo combustion engine – the most powerful four-cylinder engine ever fitted in a series-produced BMW – and an electric drive system with a maximum output of 83kW/113hp to provide thrillingly instantaneous power delivery with a total system output of 240kW/326hp and a combined peak torque of 500Nm.

When operating only on electric power, BMW 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence can cover a maximum range of 41 kilometres. The electric motor is fully integrated into the eight-speed Steptronic transmission. This ensures that pure-electric driving, the dynamics-enhancing electric boost function and the recuperation of braking energy are all extremely efficient.

The BMW 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence comes with intelligent all-wheel-drive system to

ensure supreme traction, optimized directional stability and enhanced agility through enthusiastically taken corners in all weather and road conditions.

Perfectly executed power distribution between the front and rear wheels gives BMW 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence extremely dynamic accelerative ability, with the journey from rest to 100 km/h completed in 5.3 seconds yet the petrol consumption is just 47.6 kilometers per liters combined, while the associated CO2 emission is 49 grams per kilometer. In all-electric mode, the BMW 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence has a pure-electric top speed of 140 km/h.

BMW 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence also comes equipped as standard with the newly designed Driving Experience Control switch on the centre console. At the touch of a button, the driver can activate a vehicle setting that optimizes dynamics, comfort or efficiency. Beyond this, the Driving Experience Control switch offers the option of selecting ADAPTIVE mode. In this setting, the car’s responses adapt noticeably to the driver’s style and route profile.

When hooked up to a conventional domestic power socket the high-voltage battery can be fully recharged from flat in around 4 hours. A tailor-made solution for safe, simple and extra-fast battery charging at home is available under the umbrella of BMW 360° ELECTRIC. The BMW i Wallbox Pure is capable of replenishing the high-voltage battery at a charging rate of 3.5 kW (16 A/230 V). As a result, it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes to fully recharge an empty battery pack.

BMW 730Ld Pure Excellence – THB 5,839,000 (VAT incl. with BSI Standard Package)

The BMW 7 Series‘ sophisticated, precision-honed chassis technology gives the BMW 730Ld Pure Excellence exceptional driving dynamics and ride quality. BMW EfficientLightweight helps to reduce the weight of the BMW 730Ld Pure Excellence by up to 130 kilograms compared to previous generation counterparts.

At the center of it all is the body structure with Carbon Core, an inheritance from the development of the revolutionary BMW i8 hybrid sports car. BMW 730Ld Pure Excellence combines ultra-lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) with steel and aluminum in an intelligent body concept that vastly improves the strength and rigidity of the passenger cell while at the same time significantly reducing vehicle weight.

Powered by a 3.0-liter straight six diesel plant with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology, the BMW 730Ld Pure Excellence is capable of delivering up to 265hp and 620Nm torque to its wheels via an eight-speed automatic gearbox, allowing it to reach 100 km/h from a standstill in 6.2 seconds while still offering passengers genuine, relaxing pleasure on the road.

The BMW 730Ld Pure Excellence features the air flap which is only open when there is an increased cooling requirement, remaining closed the rest of the time. This improves aerodynamics as well as giving the front end an even more eye-catching appearance due to the visibly increased number of bars in the large BMW kidney grille. The headlight units

extend up as far as the grille, while the light graphic of the familiar BMW twin circularheadlights is leveled off at its upper and lower edges, giving the car a purposeful and focused look.

The BMW 730Ld Pure Excellence’s iDrive operating system is controlled by a touch display, allowing users to operate the system in the same way as modern electronic devices. In addition to using the Controller to operate the system in familiar style, its functions can also be selected and activated by touching the screen’s surface.

The iDrive system’s functionality is further enhanced by new BMW gesture control. Hand movements detected by a 3D sensor control infotainment functions in an extremely intuitive and user-friendly fashion. Gestures can be used for a number of functions, including controlling the volume in audio applications and accepting or rejecting incoming telephone calls.

Both the 740Le xDrive Pure Excellence and 730Ld Pure Excellence offer a high level of standard specifications, including adaptive LED headlights, the BMW Display Key, the navigation system Professional, and an iDrive operating system expanded to include a touchscreen function for the Control Display and BMW gesture control feature. Both the front and rear seats come with comfort seats and active seat ventilation as well as massage and seat heating functions. Maximizing personal wellbeing in the rear compartment, meanwhile, are the Executive Lounge Seating and the Sky Lounge Panorama glass roof.

The BMW X5 xDrive40e Pure Experience - THB 4,439,000 (VAT incl. with BSI Standard Package)

The BMW X5 xDrive40e Pure Experience expertly combines the versatility and luxurious ambience of a large SAV model with the superb traction offered by the BMW xDrive intelligent all-wheel-drive system as well as BMW EfficientDynamics eDrive technology for exemplary efficiency. The Pure Experience package consists of aluminium running board, aluminium satinated roof rails, comfort adaptive suspension package and 19” Star-spoke style 449 alloy wheels.


The 2.0-litre internal combustion engine fitted in the BMW X5 xDrive40e Pure Experience has already won the coveted title of “International Engine of the Year” three times and features a TwinScroll turbocharger, High Precision Injection and VALVETRONIC. The most powerful four-cylinder petrol unit in the BMW Group’s engine portfolio stands out for its eager power delivery, delightfully free-revving performance and highly refined running characteristics. It generates a maximum output of 180 kW/245 hp and 350 Newton metres of peak torque.


The electric motor puts an output of 83 kW/113 hp on tap, while its maximum torque of 250 Newton metres is available from the word go in typical electric drive fashion. This has the effect of boosting the engine’s output for thrilling, instantaneous responsiveness and power build-up with absolutely no delay when accelerating from stationary.The BMW X5 xDrive40e Pure Experience completes the 0 to 100 km/h sprint in just 6.8 seconds and has an electronically limited top speed of 210 km/h. In all-electric drive mode, meanwhile, the vehicle is capable of a top speed of 120 km/h, again electronically limited.

The intelligently controlled interaction between the combustion engine and the electric drive, which together generate a system output of 230 kW/313 hp, endows the BMW X5 xDrive40e Pure Experience with exceptionally dynamic acceleration while also substantially cutting fuel consumption and emissions in everyday driving. It returns a combined fuel consumption of 29.4 km/l and CO2 emissions at 79 g/km.


BMW X5 xDrive40e Pure Experience provides the ideal basis for extensive use of the electric drive system for highly efficient mobility, even including urban driving with zero tailpipe emissions. Its high-voltage battery offers a gross energy capacity of 9.0 kilowatt hours (kWh) and can be topped up with energy from any domestic power socket. The standard charging cable can be kept in a compartment underneath the luggage compartment floor.


When hooked up to a conventional domestic power socket the high-voltage battery can be fully recharged from flat in around 3 hours and 50 minutes. A tailor-made solution for safe, simple and extra-fast battery charging at home is available under the umbrella of BMW 360° ELECTRIC. The BMW i Wallbox Pure is capable of replenishing the high-voltage battery at a charging rate of 3.5 kW (16 A/230 V). As a result, it takes 2 hours and 45 minutes to fully recharge an empty battery pack.

The BMW i8 (Protonic Frozen Black Edition) – THB 11,839,000 (VAT incl. with BSI Standard Package)

The BMW i8 Protonic Frozen Black Edition – which is produced in a limited run– owes its striking appearance to a model-specific BMW Individual paint finish. The exclusive exterior shade Protonic Frozen Black shares its canvas with accents in Frozen Grey metallic. A sophisticated application process is employed to transfer the paint to the BMW i8’s carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) bodywork. The Protonic Frozen Black finish has a silky-matt


shimmer and shines a particularly vivid spotlight on the plug-in-hybrid sports car’s dynamic lines and flowing surface design. Inside this special-edition model, contrast stitching in Yellow for the seat surfaces and centre console underlines the sporty and extravagant looks that dominate the cockpit design of the BMW i8. Yellow contrast stitching can also be found in the side panel trim and door cards, on the floor mats and in the lower section of the instrument panel. An anthracite-coloured headliner, grey seat belt straps, ceramic applications for the selector lever and iDrive Controller, and door sill strips with “Edition” inscriptions add the finishing touches to the exclusive interior ambience of the special-edition model.

Customers booking selected BMW models* during the BMW Xpo 2017 event together with the BSI Ultimate Package – which offers 5 years or 100,000 km of maintenance and 5-year warranty with unlimited mileage – and a vehicle handover completed within 30th September 2017 will receive one extra year of BSI and Warranty coverage for a total of 6 years or 120,000 km of maintenance and 6 years warranty with unlimited mileage in an event-exclusive offer.

In addition, a set of Bowers & Wilkins T7 bluetooth speaker will also be provided to customers booking BMW vehicles in the BMW Xpo 2017 with handover completed within 30th September 2017.

*BMW i and BMW M models are not eligible for the 6th year BSI / warranty upgrade campaign.

**This offer is valid for customers who place booking deposits for new cars during the BMW Xpo 2017 event and have the car handed over within 30th September, 2017.

The BMW Group
With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce, and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. As a global company, the BMW Group operates 31 production and assembly facilities in 14 countries and has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2016, the BMW Group sold approximately 2.367 million cars and 145,000 motorcycles worldwide. As of 31 December 2015, the BMW
Group had a workforce of 122,244 employees.

The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. The company has therefore established ecological and social sustainability throughout the value chain, comprehensive product responsibility and a clear commitment to conserving resources as an integral part of its strategy.

BMW Group Thailand
BMW Group Thailand, a subsidiary of BMW AG, Germany, was established on the 3rd October 1998. The three entities of BMW Group Thailand include BMW (Thailand) Co., Ltd. with responsibility for wholesales & marketing of BMW Group products, BMW Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. with responsibility for BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad local production, and BMW Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. with responsibility for financial services offerings to both wholesale and retail customers.

In 2016, BMW Group Thailand delivered 7,923 BMW and MINI vehicles to the customers. For BMW Motorrad Thailand, new record has been set in 2016 with 1,819 motorcycle deliveries.

In 2017, BMW Group Thailand has the best-ever first half with 4,888 BMW and MINI car deliveries, achieving an impressive +33% growth year-on-year.

On the production side, the BMW Group Manufacturing Thailand plant was founded on BMW Group’s strong belief in the growth potential of Asian markets and Thailand in particular, with its unique location, strong manufacturing base, and ready supply of skilled automotive labor, being an automotive hub for ASEAN.

An investment of over 4.6 billion Baht year-to-date 2016 has been invested into expansion of plant Rayong in terms of assembling processes, aiming to meet growing customer demand. In addition, with approximately
4 billion Thai Baht representing the amount of annual purchasing in Thailand, the BMW Global Purchasing office has been established in Thailand. This is to source various components from local suppliers in Thailand and the broader ASEAN region, in order to supply the entire BMW production network of 31 production and assembly facilities, located in 14 countries worldwide.

As of 2017, BMW Group Manufacturing Thailand produces the following 18 models: BMW 1 Series, BMW 3 Series, BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, BMW X1, BMW X3, BMW X4 and BMW X5. For BMW Motorrad, the BMW F 800 R, BMW F 800 GS, BMW F 700 GS, BMW R 1200 GS, BMW R 1200 GS Adventure, BMW F 800 GT, BMW S 1000 R, BMW S 1000 RR and BMW S 1000 XR are also locally assembled at the plant. In addition, BMW Group Manufacturing Thailand now assembles two BMW plug-in hybrid models; BMW 330e and BMW X5 xDrive40e.

Starting from May 2016, BMW Group Manufacturing Thailand’s assembly line capability has been expanded for the purpose of exporting the BMW X3 and BMW X5 to China as well.

For further information, please contact:
BMW Group Thailand
1-800-269-269
www.bmw.co.th
www.mini.co.th
www.bmw-motorrad.co.th

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