I'm kinda new, and kinda old. I use to work for GM but went to work for BMW. I left GM this past summer, but because of my non-compete clause, I did not officially start with BMW until October 1, 2011. Did you notice that soon after I got to BMW, how GM and BMW started making goo goo eyes at each other? Coincidence, I think not, it's all part of my charm ... I hope you didn't miss me too much ...

Hi PCS. Link to your avatar picture prease.

Wait... you're back at BMW?

Wait... you're back at BMW?

Ja, Mein Herr

Kiss you? Not unless you've started using Colgate, Manfred.

Edited January 14, 201214 yr by black-knight

Hi PCS. Link to your avatar picture prease.

Looks like a photoshopped Holden Coupe 60...

There goes the neighborhood...

Hi PCS. Link to your avatar picture prease.

Looks like a photoshopped Holden Coupe 60...

It's a BMW design study ... With a hint of Oz DNA thrown in for good measure, not sure how that DNA got to Munich though ...

There goes the neighborhood...

I missed you too ...

Interesting.

How about a link to a larger pic?

Welcome back Borger!

Interesting.

How about a link to a larger pic?

Link:

BTW, I'm currently in Brazil, BMW is looking to set up an assembly plant here ...

Thanks!

I like it - very Holden-like.

Thanks!

I like it - very Holden-like.

You think so?

Yes.

Love the long wheelbase and the bodylines that follow it.

Looka like a stretched and chopped Coupe 60.

Very decent looking design study.

All those totally non-production-ready designs tend to look pretty snazzy.

24" rims, wheel openings cut down to 2" off the pavement & 9" side glass = Fun-Town!

I hope BMW ends up being fifth GM brand, now you are there.

Oh and about this kissing thing. FORGET IT MISTER!

There goes the neighborhood...

Lol!

Welcome back man.....

I hope BMW ends up being fifth GM brand, now you are there.

Now this I can jive with......though I find it strange that Borger goes to BMW as they really are starting to grow on me.

That's it! He must be a mind reader!

Welcome back, stranger!! So, what juicy GM details can you share with us

Yeah inquireing minds wanna know. And welcome back you do seem to waffle a lot are you a plant at BMW to pull them into Holden or Opel?

Yeah inquireing minds wanna know. And welcome back you do seem to waffle a lot are you a plant at BMW to pull them into Holden or Opel?

Waffle me? You must be joking ... BMW has courted me for a while at least since this time last year, however the straw that broke the camel's back for me was when I heard Mike Devereux (Holden's Chairman and Managing Director) give a speech that made me think that GM wanted to close Holden. When I asked an acquaintance on the 39th floor at GM's corporate headquarters about my suspicions of the posibility of Holden closing, he got very defensive and would not answer my questions. Up until that time I thought we were pretty tight, but apparently not. That one moment changed my whole perspective on GM and my future there.

So now I work for BMW's Forschung und Innovation Zentrum (FIZ). Which means Research and Innovation. Think GM's Tech Center ... I help bring BMW's latest technology to assembly plants so they can install that technology in our customer's vehicles.

I think I've said enough for now, at least on what I do ...

Didn't you quit GM, go to BMW for like a day, then back to GM a couple of years ago? That's where the 'waffle' comment came from..

Edited January 17, 201214 yr by Cubical-aka-Moltar

Didn't you quit GM, go to BMW for like a day, then back to GM a couple of years ago? That's where the 'waffle' comment came from..

Actually retired to lock in my pension before the suspected sale of Opel to Magna, as I was an Opel employee then. I came back when Carl-Peter went rouge when GM decided to keep Opel, but came back as a member of General Motors International Operations (GMIO) in 2009.

I can see clearly now the rain is gone...

I hope BMW ends up being fifth GM brand, now you are there.

BMW is not going anywhere, just remember who asked for the alliance, it wasn't BMW, but someone at BMW made BMW see the advantage of making this work ... BMW has enough cash on hand to buy GM, lock, stock and barrel ...

Sweet concept ride. Thanks for posting and welcome back.

... I don't like getting hair in my teeth

So who got a hairless kiss? Come on speak up I know someone got one.