Beyond Apple Car: Can BMW Out-Tech, Out-Style, Out-Think Silicon Valley? - The Big Picture - Motor Trend

"We cannot predict the future," says BMW Group design chief Adrian van Hooydonk, "but we can take a stance. That's what our company feels is very important, to try and shape the future before it shapes you." And the future, says van Hooydonk, is a lot closer than many think. He is convinced the next paradigm for the automobile and individual mobility will be shaped by technologies that will become commonplace in the next 10 years. So what does the BMW Vision Next 100, the first of four advanced concepts to be unveiled this year as BMW celebrates its centenary, reveal about a 100-year-old automaker's idea of the future?