BMW always brings some fun to the table for the April Fool’s joke, and this year was no different. M2 Dakar and Race-Cready M3 Touring GT3 Evo are shocked and unfriendly, excitedly in front of the brand before reading the publication data. However, there are some evidence that indicate that these decent new BMWs may not be a complete joke. In fact, BMW has the track record (word game intended) of “only half of the joke” when it comes to April 1stst Possen. And it goes beyond the M3 pickup. Here are a couple of BMW April Fools who, today, funny enough, actually exist somehow.
BMW Roundels who wash themselves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wmfj1nnvu
This is simple and probably you could have seen many. One of the 1988 April Fools in 1988 was a gun that had washed himself. While there was a bit of autonomy that has not yet come to a production car – a tiny wiper arm that could “recognize” dirt on the white parts of the round, newer newer BMWs have a washing system that is integrated into the round. Admittedly, this applies more to the sensors and cameras of the car than to the actual round itself.
Air conditioning control and “mymodes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG6B0FY3MC4
In 1999, BMW stroked the public with “climate workers” for the 7 Series. The technology was due to the climate control of the air conditioning with strange attitudes such as “Bavarian Bergmedley” and “English Summer”. Fast lead to this day, and we have BMW mymodes that do more or less exactly that. Although they clash slightly less silly names (“relax mode”, “expression mode”), they are almost exactly what the original joke has described and cultivated an “environment” in the cabin. A little in your nose when you ask us.
Weight sensors
One of BMW’s April Fools from 1989 was a “driver weight sensor” or DWS, a system with which the engine could not begin if the driver’s weight was different from what was inevitable in the system. The car would not start and alert near police officers and finally flash the lights and the horn. Obviously a joke, but if you have owned a vehicle in the past 30 years, you have already had experience with weight sensors. Admittedly, they meet a completely different purpose. Nowadays, weight sensors (who are not necessarily a BMW finding) monitor everything, from airbags to massage settings and everything in between.
Tire pressure control
While BMW annoyed a “dashboard tire pressure controller” in 1985, the truth is often more strange than fiction: Just a year later, the Porsche 959 has the tire pressure monitoring for a car for the first time. Of course, TPMs are today in many countries, including the United States, everywhere and actually.
It is unbelievable to see some of the April Fool’s jokes that BMW unexpectedly brought to life. Although we cannot say safely that it is a kind of harbinger regarding the M2 Dakar and Touring GT3, it shows: You never know.
