Burt Levy is something of a cult icon in the world of road racing, having so far written four novels that peel back the early history of the sport in post-WWII America. He sat down with us recently to discuss his love of European cars and, of course, to pimp his newest novel in the series, called The 200-mph Steamroller.

With almost a year under his belt as the head of BMW Group design, we let Adrian van Hooydonk tell us a little about what's happening not just at BMW design, but also with the future of automotive design as a whole.