BMW XM Label Red Reborn as 550 kW Safety Car

BMW’s most powerful road-going M car, the BMW XM Label Red, will serve as the safety car for the MotoGP 2024 season and is outfitted with a grey livery and Recaro racing seats.

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“It is a logical step for the most powerful BMW M automobile we have ever rolled out to be the new figurehead of our safety car fleet in MotoGP.The first MotoGP Safety Car with an electric drive system is clear evidence of our striving for new, future-oriented technologies.” – Franciscus van Meel, CEO of BMW M GmbH

The BMW XM safety car is the first vehicle which relies on an electric drive system to serve as a safety car for one of the premiere racing events in motorcycle racing. As a reminder, the Label Red offshoot is a more power-laden and capable derivative of the regular BMX XM. Although relying on the same 4,4-litre twin-turbocharged V8, the Label Red is powered by an uprated version, which produces a total of 550 kW and 1,000 N.m, fed to all four wheels via the firm’s xDrive system.

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Related: BMW unveils ludicrous 550 kW BMW XM Label Red

The XM Label Red relies on BMW’s M Active Professional as standard and is comprised of electronically controlled dampers and an active stabilisation system. Furthermore, stopping power is the total of the efforts from the Label Red’s six-piston, fixed callipers on the front and single-piston floating callipers on the rear.

The XM Label Red safety car is characterised by the addition of Recaro racing seats, front flashing lights, a safety car roof bar, a front splitter, a six-point seat harness, and a fire extinguisher. The XM Label Red safety car will make its first race debut in March next year at the opening round of the 2024 season in Qatar.

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“The BMW XM Label Red Safety Car is another genuine highlight in the fleet of high-performance automobiles in use in MotoGP. We are already looking forward to seeing it on the track in Qatar.” – Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of MotoGP™

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