Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
This video is BMW’s ‘last kopek’ at leveraging its F1 involvement, as the BMW Sauber F1 Team is no more. The team has now been purchased by Qadbak Investments, a buyout that has actually caused some of the other F1 teams to have reservations because of apparent dodginess of the new owners. Anyway enjoy the video after the jump, as you probably won’t much BMW F1 videos after this one.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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Goodbye Mr T…
i am just waiting for the talks about… why team 1Malaysia is joining F1 when BMW is going?
hahahaha… let the debate begin… again…
teamn 1Malaysia masuk !
bmw out
toyota out
honda out
jaguar long time ago out
F1 getting boring la.
when is the other team s quitting?
1possibility, Brawn is too hebat… lol
Bye bye BMW and Toyota….. Formula 1 in final days of death…..
Altezzar said,
November 9, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
Bye bye BMW and Toyota….. Formula 1 in final days of death…..
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Obviously you only recently watch F1…they had only a few manufacturers in the 60s, 70s and 80s, and the racing was not bad. F1's not gonna die unless Ferrari quits.
klguy said,
November 9, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
bmw out
toyota out
honda out
jaguar long time ago out
F1 getting boring la.
when is the other team s quitting?
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Msia team coming in what?…who need those no $$$ teams ; )
oh dear, F1 REALLY IS in its last days. on the death bed would be apt. i guess our local team will have relatively easier competition now
Soon or later. F1 will be loaded with monkeys. Doubt the F1 ticket will still cost a boom? Mabbe RM10 per entry will happened in short future. Haha. RM10 for grand stand summore. Cool Ah Beng F1 racing.
F1 don't need car makers only enthusiast.
But then since all going out, how come got this 1lotus/malaysia thing.
BMW came to F1, then left, then came back a few years ago, and now leaving again. Same old, same old with these manufacturers. Nothing new. You can bet manufacturers will be back when they see value for them in F1 again. Nothing new in F1 unless you only followed F1 for the last 10 years or so. It is always the 'indies' that make up the core of F1. It is them that stay on all through the years and it is generally them that do the racing on behalf of the manufacturer owners that keeps buying into them and selling them off when they feel like it.
I miss ralf and montoya…
where is ralf now?
whatever…
in recent years, F1 already spoiled, damaged, destroyed…
gud bye BMW…hope will see thm again some time..
may be just want to announced the F1 so called 1 MALAYSIA things to incerease the stock, and later if they can't do anything and say we will not enter the F1 just like the scrap car issues, don't waste time to trust on MR NAJIS word just a shit.
i think the manufacturer teams should be in f1 as engine supplier only. then they can supply engines to independent teams and still making money as well gain publicity.
F1 teams come and go.
So, its a matter of time before these teams start joining the race.
white said,
November 9, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
may be just want to announced the F1 so called 1 MALAYSIA things to incerease the stock, and later if they can’t do anything and say we will not enter the F1 just like the scrap car issues, don’t waste time to trust on MR NAJIS word just a shit.
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What? What does that have anything to do with BMW?
The car looks really promising..Hope Proton would do well..
Obviously major manufacturers like Honda, Toyota and BMW already know that the days of gasoline fast cars are over. You really cant make gasoline car anymore fuel efficient no matter whatever new technology there is out there currently or in future. I dont know what is Tony so eager want to participate. The other day i saw in tv the so called 'team' are so lame that i almost choke dead laughing. Just to remind us all that oil price will shot up again in very near future. And we will be a net importer in very near future too. And tempature of people will rise again once oil price high USD100 pbl, and this time may even hit USD200 pbl. These is the main reason why major manufacture would rather pull their financial resources for more productive purpose like development of electric cars. You may not believe it but this in near future, most cars will run on electric considering cost of driving gasoline cars will be very costly. Imagine a liter of petrol cost RM5.00, you surely change you mind and behavior of driving. And come next year, gasoline will be NO SUBSIDY ANYMORE…i heard this from someone in know.
oops.. wrong post.. Haha..Good bye BMW..
Good to have Montoya in the past which spice up the whole game
Apa la Malaysia ni, kalau orang makan tahi kita pun kena la jugak makan tahi.
keta lama2 F1 ada half cut tak? mesti gempak kalau enjin dia, brek disk, rear wing & front wing dia aku pakai kat wira aku…
evo10 polis pun xleh kejar kot… hehehe…
Any download link?
After BMW, who to sponsor next, Petronas?
1Malaysia…?? Good Luck
1malaysia team will cucuk ferrari team… najib boleh.
Too bad..the first 2 years the BMW team has shown great progress.2009? Kaapuut..
1malaysia, 1 malysian money will be gone, honda spend usd 20 billion in 9 years, mana ada company malaysia ada duit banyak tu, at the end petronas money will be dry up, petronas also close shop. All malysian in debt.