In case you have missed it, BMW have just reset their entire styling and technology platforms - a clean sheet transformation.  They call it "Neue Klasse" - New Class - after the 1961 total reset of the same name.

It a bit like designing an axe in 1961 when shovels had been used before. Since then the axe handle has been improved and reshaped and the axe head has been refined and made from better materials. There is even a vibrating head to help penetrate the tree. The product is much improved, muc h better than one could have predicted in 1961, but still basically an axe. Now we have a chain saw.  All new for the future with greater opportunity for further enhancement.

The first Neue Klasse (2.0) vehicle released is the iX3 - the X3 is now BMW's biggest selling product. This is a big deal for BMW as over 17 billion Euros have gone into the Neue Klasse project.

From the responses at the Waverley BMW launch night and the on-line reviews (by professional!), every cent has ben well spent.

As a nice contrast we provided a BMW 700 - the last car BMW designed and produced before the 1961 Neue Klasse - for display.