Drive Wikipediai. Drive is a computer system used to control most secondary vehicle systems in many current BMWcars. Drive had its world premiere in 2. BMW 7 Series E6. Drive unifies vehicle systems under a single control architecture for convenient use by the driver. The i. Drive controls consists of a LCD panel mounted in the dashboard and a controller knob mounted on the center console. Drive introduced the first multiplexed. MOST BusByteflightoptical fiberdatabusses with very high bit rate in a production vehicle. These are used for high speed applications such as controlling the television, DVD, or driver assistance systems like adaptive cruise control, infrared night vision or head up display. Drive allows the driver and front seat passenger in some recent cars it is available to back seat passengers as well to control such amenities as the climate air conditioner and heater, the audio system radio and CD player, the navigation system and the communication system. Drive is also used in current Rolls Royce models as Rolls Royce is owned by BMW. 1 BMW also owns the Mini brand, and a pared down version of i. Drive is sold on those cars, branded as Connected. 2i. Drive Generationsediti. Drive 1st GeneditUpdated i. Drive controller featuring a leather top, menu as well as customization buttons. LCI i. Drive showing service items. LCI i. Drive showing climate menu.
BMW diagnostic and programming software INPA NCS ESYS ISTA DIS Progman WinKFP. LCI i. Drive showing settings menu. An early prototype i. Drive called the Intuitive Interaction Concept was featured on the BMW Z9 concept in 1. Series production version debuted in September 2. BMW 7 Series E6. Microsoft Windows CE for Automotive. This can easily be seen when the system reboots or restarts after a software crash displaying a Windows CE logo. 3The first generation of i. Drive controllers in the 7 Series was only equipped with the turn knob. The GPS computer located in the trunk was only capable of reading map CDs. NAV0. 1In October 2. The new GPS computer NAV0. DVD, featured a much faster processor and the ability to display the map in birdview perspective. In April 2. 00. 5, the i. Drive controller was changed again, the turn knob having a new leather top.
The last hardware update of the GPS unit NAV0. The map display is antialiased. The 8. 8 wide screen display was updated, having a brighter screen and the ability to control a MP3 capable 6 CD changer or a BMW i. Pod Interface. Possible options include a TV tuner, DVD changer, BMW Night Vision, side view camera and a rear view camera. The i. Drive system on the 7 Series E6. E6. 6E6. 7E6. 8 has no special name and may not be mistaken with the newer generations called CCC Car Communications Computer and CIC Car Information Computer. This fact becomes very important with after market retrofits like multimedia and video interfaces, because the most of them are only compatible to the CCC system. But many manufactures list the 7 Series E6. E6. 6E6. 7E6. 8 with CCC in their compatibility charts although no 7 Series E6. E6. 6E6. 7E6. 8 with CCC exist. Drive Business M ASKeditM ASK stands for MMI Audio System controller and is manufactured by Becker. This is a limited version of the i. Drive computer with a small 6. Series, and the X5 or X6, without the navigation option. In addition it can optionally be ordered in Europe on the 1 Series and 3 Series as Business navigation, which has basic navigation abilities. Early versions of the Business navigation could only display directional arrows, but the latest version can also display 2. D maps. i. Drive Business Navigation uses a different map DVD than i. Drive Professional Navigation. In addition, as only one optical drive is available, one cannot use both navigation and listen to a CD simultaneously. When i. Drive Professional is ordered the M ASK system is replaced by either the CCC or CIC in addition to a larger display. Drive Business is available on the following cars Note that the above list can vary depending on the region. For instance the North American 7 Series come by default with CCC or CIC. Drive Professional Navigation CCCedit. Drive controller on a BMW 5. It debuted in 2. 00. E6. 0E6. 1 5 Series and is based on Wind River Vx. Works, a real time operating system. 4 CCC stands for Car Communication Computer and uses a larger 8. It was available on the following cars as an option CCC based systems use a map DVD from Navteq in a dedicated DVD drive. CCC Update 1editThis is a minor update to i. Drive Professional debuted in March 2. It adds additional programmable buttons in the dashboard to directly access frequent functions and it removes the haptic feedback from the i. Drive controller. It is available on the following cars as an option 1 Series E8. E8. 2E8. 7E8. 8 manufactured between March 2. September 2. 00. 83 Series E9. E9. 1E9. 2E9. 3 manufactured between March 2. August 2. 00. 85 Series E6. E6. 1 manufactured between March 2. August 2. 00. 86 Series E6. E6. 4 manufactured between March 2. August 2. 00. 8X5 E7. MY2. 01. 0X6 E7. 1CCC Update 2editThis is a minor update debuted in September 2. Model Year 2. 00. Drive Professional that did not get the new CIC based system. These cars get the new i. Drive controller that is also used on cars with CIC. The actual i. Drive computer CCC remains the same. This update is available on the following cars 5 Series E6. E6. 1 manufactured in September 2. February 2. 00. 9 to October 2. European production6 Series E6. E6. 4 manufactured in September 2. February 2. 00. 9 to October 2. European productioni. Drive Professional Navigation CICeditIt debuted in September 2. F0. 1F0. 2 7 Series. CIC stands for Car Information Computer and is manufactured by Becker, utilizing the QNX operating system. It is available on the following cars as an option 1 Series E8. E8. 2E8. 7E8. 8 manufactured from September 2. Series E9. 0E9. 1E9. E9. 3 manufactured from September 2. Series E6. 0E6. 1 manufactured from March 2. Model Year 2. 01. E6. 06. 1 manufactured from November 2. Europe5 Series F0. F1. 0F1. 1 manufactured from September 2. Series E6. 3E6. 4 manufactured from March 2. Model Year 2. 01. E6. 36. 4 manufactured from November 2. Europe7 Series F0. F0. 2 manufactured from September 2. X1 E8. 4X3 F2. 5 manufactured from November 2. X5 E7. 0 manufactured from September 2. The CIC system is a major update to i. Drive, replacing the display, computer and the controller. The display is of a higher resolution, and is generally more responsive than CCC, to address one of the common complaints of i. Drive. Internet access is also supported. 6CIC based systems use maps from Tele. Atlas that are installed on an internal 2. GB Hard Disk Drive HDD. This HDD can also store up to 8. GB of music files for playback. For facilitating the uploading of music files to the HDD, a USB port is provided in the glove box. Bluetooth music streaming available through a separate accessory7Following 2. LCI production, all CIC based i. Drive systems support DVD video. This, however, is only operational when the vehicle is in the Park position for automatic transmissions, or while the parking brake is set for vehicles that have a manual transmission. DVD audio will continue to play while driving. Drive Professional Navigation CIC HIGHeditBMW introduced a further update to the i. Drive Professional System in late 2. Next Big Thing NBT. It was introduced in current generation cars as an option, including 1 Series F2. Series F2. 2F2. 33 Series F3. Series F3. 2F3. 3F3. Series F1. 07 Series F0. The update includes extensive hardware and software changes including cosmetic enhancements, faster processor, more memory, detailed 3. D maps and improved routing. In addition, the capacity of the internal HDD has been increased from 8. GB to 1. 00. GB. 8RationaleeditThe design rationale of i. Drive is to replace an array of controls for the above systems with an all in one unit. The controls necessary for vehicle control and safety, such as the headlights and turn signals, are still located in the immediate vicinity of the steering column. Since, in the rationale of the designers, the air conditioning, car audio, navigation and communication controls are not used equally often, they have been moved into a central location. Controversyediti. Drive caused significant controversy among users, the automotive media, and critics when it was first introduced. 9 Many reviewers of BMW vehicles in automobile magazines disapproved of the system. BMW Wikipedia. This article is about the German automobile and motorcycle manufacturer. For other uses, see BMW disambiguation. BMW is a Germany based company which currently produces automobiles and motorcycles, and produced aircraft engines until 1. The company was founded in 1. Munich, Bavaria. BMW produces motor vehicles in Germany, Brazil, China, India, South Africa and the United States. In 2. 01. 5, BMW was the worlds twelfth largest producer of motor vehicles, with 2,2. The Quandt family are long term shareholders of the company, with the remaining stocks owned by public float. Automobiles are marketed under the brands BMW with sub brands BMW M for performance models and BMW i for plug in electric cars, Mini and Rolls Royce. Motorcycles are marketed under the brand BMW Motorrad. The company has significant motorsport history, especially in touring cars, Formula 1, sports cars and the Isle of Man TT. HistoryeditBMW Headquarters in Munich. The towers and museum are visible in the back right. BMW Isetta with a front opening door. Aircraft engine productioneditBMWs origins can be traced back to three separate German companies Rapp Motorenwerke, Bayerische Flugzeugwerke and Automobilwerk Eisenach. The history of the name itself begins with Rapp Motorenwerke, an aircraft engine manufacturer. In April 1. 91. 7, following the departure of the founder Karl Friedrich Rapp, the company was renamed Bayerische Motoren Werke BMW. 4p. BMWs first product was the BMW IIIa aircraft engine. The IIIa engine was known for good fuel economy and high altitude performance. 5 The resulting orders for IIIa engines from the German military caused rapid expansion for BMW. After the end of World War I in 1. BMW was forced to cease aircraft engine production by the terms of the Versailles Armistice Treaty. 6 To maintain in business, BMW produced farm equipment, household items and railway brakes. In 1. 92. 2, former major shareholder Camillo Castiglioni purchased the rights to the name BMW, which led to the company descended from Rapp Motorenwerke being renamed Sddeutsche Bremse AG known today as Knorr Bremse. Castiglioni was also an investor in another aircraft company, called Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, which he renamed BMW. The disused factory of Bayerische Flugzeugwerke was re opened to produce engines for busses, trucks, farm equipment and pumps, under the brand name BMW. BMWs corporate history considers the founding date of Bayerische Flugzeugwerke 7 March 1. Motorcycle and car productioneditAs the restrictions of the Armistice Treaty began to be lifted, BMW began production of motorcycles in 1. R3. 2 model. BMWs production of automobiles began in 1. Automobilwerk Eisenach car company. Automobilwerk Eisenachs current model was the Dixi 31. Austin 7 which had begun production in 1. Following the takeover, the Dixi 31. BMW 31. 5, BMWs first production car. 891. In 1. 92. 0, the BMW 32. BMW automobile designed entirely by BMW. It was powered by a four cylinder engine, which BMW designed based on the Austin 7 engine. BMWs first automotive straight six engine was released in 1. BMW 3. 03. Throughout the 1. BMW expanded its model range to include sedans, coupes, convertibles and sports cars. World War IIeditWith German rearmament in the 1. Luftwaffe. The factory in Munich made ample use of forced labour foreign civilians, prisoners of war and inmates of the Dachau concentration camp. 1. Among its successful World War II engine designs were the BMW 1. BMW 8. 01 air cooled radial engines, and the pioneering BMW 0. Heinkel He 1. 62. Spatz. The BMW 0. Messerschmitt Me 2. Me 2. 62 V1, but in 1. BMW prototype engines failed on takeoff with only the standby Junkers Jumo 2. The few Me 2. 62 A 1b test examples built used the more developed version of the 0. The first ever four engine jet aircraft ever flown were the sixth and eighth prototypes of the Arado Ar 2. BMW 0. 03 jets for power. Through 1. 94. 4 the 0. Jgernotprogramms light fighter production contract. Heinkel He 1. 62 Spatz design. The BMW 0. 03 aviation turbojet was also under consideration as the basic starting point for a pioneering turboshaft powerplant for German armored fighting vehicles in 1. GT 1. 01. 1. 4 Towards the end of the Third Reich, BMW developed some military aircraft projects for the Luftwaffe, the BMW Strahlbomber, the BMW Schnellbomber and the BMW Strahljger, but none of them were built. 1. Post war rebuildingeditDuring World War II, many BMW production facilities had been heavily bombed. BMWs facilities in East Germany were seized by the Soviet Government and the remaining facilities were banned by the Allies from producing motorcycles or automobiles. During this ban, BMW used basic secondhand and salvaged equipment to make pots and pans, later expanding to other kitchen supplies and bicycles. In 1. 94. 7, BMW was granted permission to resume motorcycle production and its first post war motorcycle the R2. BMW was still forbidden from producing automobiles, however the Bristol Aeroplane Company BAC was producing cars in England based on BMWs pre war models, using plans that BAC had taken from BMWs German offices. Production of automobiles resumed in 1. BMW 5. 01 large sedan. Throughout the 1. BMW expanded their model range with sedans, coupes, convertibles and sports cars. In 1. 95. 4, the BMW 5. BMWs first to use a V8 engine. To provide an affordable model, BMW began production of the Isetta micro car under licence from Iso in 1. Two years later, the four seat BMW 6. Isetta design. In 1. BMW 6. 00 was replaced by the larger BMW 7. Near bankruptcy and New ClasseditBy 1. BMW was in debt and losing money. 1. The Isetta was selling well but with small profit margins. 1. Their 5. 01 based luxury sedans were not selling well enough to be profitable and were becoming increasingly outdated. 1. Their 5. 03 coup and 5. Their 6. 00, a four seater based on the Isetta, was selling poorly. 2. The motorcycle market imploded in the mid 1. Germans away from motorcycles and toward cars. 2. BMW had sold their Allach plant to MAN in 1. American Motors and the Rootes Group had both tried to acquire BMW. 2. At BMWs annual general meeting on 9 December 1. Dr. Hans Feith, chairman of BMWs supervisory board, proposed a merger with Daimler Benz. The dealers and small shareholders opposed this suggestion and rallied around a counter proposal by Dr. Friedrich Mathern, which gained enough support to stop the merger. 1. At that time, the Quandt Group, led by half brothers Herbert and Harald Quandt, had recently increased their holdings in BMW and had become their largest shareholder. 2. In 1. 96. 0, the development program began for a new range of models, called the Neue Klasse New Class project. The resulting New Class four door sedans, introduced in 1. BMWs identity as a producer of leading sports sedans. In 1. 96. 5, the New Class range was expanded with the 2. C and 2. 00. 0 CS luxury coupes. The range was further expanded in 1. BMW 0. 2 Series compact coupes. BMW acquired the Hans Glas company based in Dingolfing, Germany, in 1. Glas vehicles were briefly badged as BMW until the company was fully absorbed. It was reputed that the acquisition was mainly to gain access to Glas development of the timing belt with an overhead camshaft in automotive applications,2. Glas Dingolfing plant as another incentive. However, this factory was outmoded and BMWs biggest immediate gain was, according to themselves, a stock of highly qualified engineers and other personnel. 2. The Glas factories continued to build a limited number of their existing models, while adding the manufacture of BMW front and rear axles until they could be closer incorporated into BMW. 2. New Six, 3 Series, 5 Series, 7 SerieseditIn 1. BMW began production of its first straight six engine since World War II. This engine coincided with the launch of the New Six large sedans the predecessor to the 7 Series and New Six CS large coupes the predecessor to the 6 Series. The first 5 Series range of mid size sedans were introduced in 1. New Class sedans. The 5 Series platform was also used for the 6 Series coupes, which were introduced in 1. In 1. 97. 5, the first model of the iconic 3 Series range of compact sedanscoupes was introduced. The 7 Series large sedans were introduced in 1. M divisioneditThe 1. BMW M1 was BMWs first mid engined sports car and was developed in conjunction with Lamborghini.