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Only 750 HP4 RACEs
will be manufactured,
sold to customers
around the globe
at a hefty price of
$91,000, but only as
a track-ready road
racer, not as a street
legal motorcycle.
company is now directing its attention towards
the use of avant-garde materials aimed at reduc-
ing weight on a series production model, and
especially carbon fiber. Just 750 examples of
this exotic new model will be built, each costing
$91,000 and available only in track-ready guise
painted in BMW's Motorsport colors, so not ho-
mologated for street use. And yes—there are still
apparently some not yet spoken for. Hurry, hurry!
BMW's automotive division has already be-
come adept at volume manufacture of CF/car-
bon fiber components, beginning with its i3 elec-
tric car, of which, up to the end of last year, more
than 65,000 units had been sold since deliver-
ies began in November 2013. This, like BMW's
exotic plug-in hybrid i8 sports car, employs a light
