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“At BMW M we must over-deliver”

“I CONSIDER MYSELF lucky every day – this job is never boring,” claims M Division engineering boss Dirk Hacker, his mile-wide smile suggesting he’s not lying to deliver a nice corporate sound bite.

That Hacker is where he was always meant to be can’t be doubted. His first car was a BMW, an E36 325i, and he still has it. He joined the company in 1988 and never left, progressing from chassis and stability control systems through complete vehicle

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