To this day, the BMW AVT from 1981 remains one of BMW’s more mysterious concept vehicles. Very little is known about its background, but this doesn’t make it any less interesting. On the contrary, this ultra-futuristic non-drivable prototype has a unique role in BMW design and engineering history. Built to generate publicity for the opening of BMW’s new wind tunnel at the Ismaning/Ascheim test facility in 1980, the BMW AVT followed recent…