{"id":571872,"date":"2010-05-20T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/20\/ice-skating-beauty-katarina-witt-checks-out-bmw-test-center\/"},"modified":"2010-05-20T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T17:28:00","slug":"ice-skating-beauty-katarina-witt-checks-out-bmw-test-center-wvideo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571872","title":{"rendered":"Ice skating beauty Katarina Witt checks out BMW test center [w\/video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/euro\/\" rel=\"tag\">Europe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/tech\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/videos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Videos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/bmw\/\" rel=\"tag\">BMW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/katarina-witt-visits-the-bmw-environment-test-center\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/bmwkwisr.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Katarina Witt and the BMW Environment Test Center &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/bmw\">BMW<\/a> has an Environment Test Center (ETC) that can test a car in a variety of environments &#8211; sun, ice, snow, rain &#8211; all of them indoors. As great as that would be for parties, they appear to put it to actual work, testing the engine and cooling systems in roadsters like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/z4\">Z4<\/a> in 113 degrees Fahrenheit. The facility can also get down to 14 degrees, conjure wind up to 150 miles per hour, and even mix it up with snow <em>and<\/em> wind <em>and<\/em> rain.<\/p>\n<p>Icemistress Katarina Witt dropped by to take a tour, and while they did make a bit of ice and snow for her, they also took a lot of simulated sunny day pics and made a little movie. Follow the jump to watch the video (<em>auf Deutsch)<\/em>, and have a look at the photos in our high-res gallery below.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/katarina-witt-visits-the-bmw-environment-test-center\/low\/\">Katarina Witt visits the BMW Environment Test Center<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/katarina-witt-visits-the-bmw-environment-test-center\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/01bmwkwetc_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/katarina-witt-visits-the-bmw-environment-test-center\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/02bmwkwetc_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/katarina-witt-visits-the-bmw-environment-test-center\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/03bmwkwetc_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/katarina-witt-visits-the-bmw-environment-test-center\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/04bmwkwetc_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/katarina-witt-visits-the-bmw-environment-test-center\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/05bmwkwetc_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: BMW]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/20\/ice-skating-beauty-katarina-witt-checks-out-bmw-test-center\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Ice skating beauty Katarina Witt checks out BMW test center [w\/video]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/20\/ice-skating-beauty-katarina-witt-checks-out-bmw-test-center\/\">Ice skating beauty Katarina Witt checks out BMW test center [w\/video]<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 20 May 2010 12:28:00 EST.  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