????現(xiàn)在起到八月這段時(shí)間去美國各地的寶馬經(jīng)銷店就能試駕一款寶馬,。如果是在“為美國隊(duì)而駕”（Drive for Team USA）這一天去試駕，寶馬公司還會(huì)向美國奧委會(huì)（the U.S. Olympic Committee）捐10美元,。不過,，你也許想不到，你會(huì)有25%的幾率被這輛車打動(dòng),，進(jìn)而掏錢買下它,。

????實(shí)際上，在去年的奧運(yùn)會(huì)推廣季中,，每四個(gè)人中就有一個(gè)在參加試駕后購買了一輛寶馬,，使得“為美國隊(duì)而駕”成為這家德國公司迄今為止最成功的事件營(yíng)銷活動(dòng)。寶馬北美區(qū)總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官路德維格?威利士說：“這是我們開展過的最好的試駕活動(dòng),。如果每年都開一次奧運(yùn)會(huì)就好了,。”

????除了為奧運(yùn)會(huì)提供交通工具——4,000輛寶馬汽車,，以及為150名奧運(yùn)選手和殘奧會(huì)選手（其中11位來自美國,；而寶馬贊助最多的國家是英國）提供贊助外，寶馬公司還為美國游泳隊(duì)開發(fā)了全新的動(dòng)作追蹤相機(jī)軟件,，為美國田徑隊(duì)開發(fā)了測(cè)速工具,。

????珍妮特?埃文斯是美國游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員，也是寶馬資助的對(duì)象之一,。她說：“它是我見過的第一家真正關(guān)心運(yùn)動(dòng)員需求的贊助公司,?！睂汃R在硅谷設(shè)有研發(fā)實(shí)驗(yàn)室。一年前,，它開始接觸運(yùn)動(dòng)員，詢問他們，如何才能幫助他們提高成績(jī),。美國十項(xiàng)全能運(yùn)動(dòng)員,、衛(wèi)冕冠軍布萊恩?克萊稱：“他們的態(tài)度是,，‘我們擅長(zhǎng)做這些,，請(qǐng)告訴我們你們需要什么,，我們要怎么做才能幫到你,?！?/p>

????寶馬開發(fā)的技術(shù)讓像克萊和埃文斯這樣的運(yùn)動(dòng)員能更全面準(zhǔn)確地了解,，如果要全力以赴地游泳,、奔跑,、跳躍,，他們需要怎么做,。埃文斯調(diào)侃道,，這種合作之所以奏效,，是因?yàn)椤拔覀兙拖窬珳?zhǔn)調(diào)校的機(jī)器,；寶馬想的是如何在路上飛馳,，而我想的是如何在泳池里游得更快”,。

????U.S. decathlete Bryan Clay in a technology testing session with BMW engineers and sports scientists of the USOC and USA Track & Field

????If you were to head down to your local BMW dealership between now and August, you'd be able to test-drive a vehicle, and if you do it on a "Drive for Team USA" day, BMW will give $10 to the U.S. Olympic Committee just for your trouble. But what you wouldn't guess is that there's a 25% chance you'll give in and buy one.

????Indeed, during last year's Olympic promotion one out of every four people bought a BMW after taking it for a spin, making "Drive for Team USA" the German automaker's most successful event of this kind to date. Ludwig Willisch, President and CEO for BMW North America, says, "This has been the best test-drive we've ever done. There should be an Olympics every year."

????In addition to providing transportation vehicles during the Games -- 4,000 of them -- as well as financial backing to 150 Olympians and Paralympians (11 from the U.S.; the nation most represented by BMW sponsorship is the U.K.), the company has developed new motion-tracking camera software for USA Swimming and velocity-measuring tools for USA Track & Field.

????Janet Evans, an American swimmer and one of BMW's athletes, says, "This is the first corporate sponsor I've seen that really cares about what the athletes need." The German automaker, which has an R&D lab in Silicon Valley, approached athletes nearly a year ago and asked them what could make them better. "Their attitude was, 'Here's what we're good at, so tell us what you need and how we can help you,'" says Bryan Clay, American decathlete and defending Gold champion.

????The technology BMW came up with allows athletes like Clay and Evans - the latter jokes that the partnership works because, "We are like fine-tuned machines; they want to go fast down the road, I want to go fast in the pool" -- get a more comprehensive look at exactly what they need to tweak for their next lap, run, or jump.