Soon after the 801 entered testing, BMW engineers turned to building much larger versions.
BMW engineers consider the computer's intervention in the steering less intrusive than the selective brake-tapping of a car's electronic stability control.
It was developed in late 1980s by BMW engineers as the top performance offer for the BMW 7-series (E32).
The engine never reached production and remained to show the possibilities of BMW engineers.
Fiedler, the BMW engineer, was persuaded to come too.
Here they were soon joined by other former BMW engineers, as well as those from a number of other German firms, bringing the team to about 200 members.
In truth, a single policeman, training on a closed course, managed to put pressure on the brakes that was six times what BMW engineers thought was humanly possible.
BMW engineers were able to look at and use Range Rover technology and parts in the development of the X5 - one such example would be hill-descent control.
BMW engineers from Germany were brought to South Africa to investigate all the test motorcycles.
BMW engineers used a 4-valve head and a single-row timing chain.