BMW to Build Driving Center in Yeongjong Island (South Korea)

Korea IT Times ^ | 06/05/2013 | Korea IT Times

[TexGrill]

SEOUL, KOREA - BMW Group Korea will build a driving center in Yeongjong Island off Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul by July 2014. The company held on June 4 a groundbreaking ceremony with president Kim Hyo-joon, Hendrik von Kuenheim, senior vice president in charge of BMW Group's Asia, Pacific, and South Africa regions, and Rolf Mafael, German ambassador to Korea attending the event.

With 70 billion won in budget, the BMW Group Driving Center will be built in a site of 240,000 square meters. It will encompass a variety of entertainment and auto experience facilities as well as a 2.6-kilometer track.

BMW Group Korea president Kim said, "The center will open next spring after a pilot run and we expect more than 200,000 people will visit here in a year." Senior vice president Kuenheim said, "Koreans' high expectations for luxury products are what led BMW to choose Korea over China and Japan as the site of the company's first driving center in Asia," he said.

[TexGrill]

There's a rise of foreign car imports in South Korea.

[jjotto]

Buy a BMW, take delivery in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and do a day or two at the BMW Performance Driving School.

http://www.bmwusa.com/performancecenter

[bravo whiskey]

i hit a hole-in-one on the 8th hole at the military golf course there back in ‘85.

[Jack Hammer]

I’ve been engaged in a debate with both my brother and my girlfriend for the longest time - so plase help out; which do you think is the better driving machine, the BMW or the Lexus?

[Atlas Sneezed]

I’m impressed aboutt the effortr to teach Asians how to drive well. They’re so good at just about everythibg but...