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New liveries for new BMW M6

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M6-GTLM-25-4sBMW Team RLL will not only have two new cars on the grid for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2016, they will also debut two unique liveries at this weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona.

The German manufacturer today revealed two commemorative 100th anniversary liveries for the new BMW M6 GTLM GTLM contender. To mark its centenary, one of the M6 machines will race with the number 25 in honor of BMW 3.0 CSL’s first season racing in the US in 1975 and will sport a livery that celebrates the history of BMW in motorsport. The second M6 machine will race with the number 100 and will be wrapped in a livery design that looks to the future.

M6-GTLM-100-1sBMW will do battle in the GTLM class again in 2016 in what looms as a classic five-way “battle of the brands” between themselves and Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari and newcomer Ford.

Both designs are centered on a newly developed signet (or icon) developed by the BMW Group for 100th anniversary communications.

On the No. 25 car, each of the four segments of the signet depict images of a historically significant race car. The four cars were chosen in part due to their race success as well as their influence on future race or production cars within the BMW brand.

The first car chosen was the famous No. 25 3.0 CSL that gave BMW its first major US race win at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1975. The second is an image of the BMW M1 from 1980 and 1981. In addition to a successful racing history, the M1 is significant as the first BMW M car.

BMW_poleThe third is an image of the successful V12 LMR that won Le Mans and Sebring in 1999. Finally, the fourth car depicted is the M3 GT from the 2011-12 season that won all possible ALMS class championship titles in 2011 (pictured right).

The execution of the lattice work design on the N0.100 car is done with a new type of 3D effect, reflective vinyl applied to the white body that will be very visible under the lights at the Rolex 24 At Daytona this weekend.

Both cars will carry the commemorative liveries throughout the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship starting with the 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona.

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