BMW is planning to return to the DTM German touring car championship from 2012.
BMW hasn't raced in the series for 20 years, but it has announced it is beginning work on a DTM car with a view to entering the championship in two years' time, provided "certain basic requirements" proposed by its board are met by DTM organiser ITR.
BMW last raced in the DTM in 1992, and its return follows its withdrawal from F1 at the end of last year.
BMW has been involved in the shaping of the next-generation DTM technical regulations since August last year, when it formed a Technical Working Group with current entrants Audi and Mercedes to come up with the specification of the cars.
