The BMW Vision Driving Experience is a prototype powered by a secret weapon designed to test endurance and performance for the next generation.

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It was a cold day at BMW’s Performance Driving Center in Greer, SC, and beneath the five-point harnesses, roll cage, and heavily camouflaged body, Klingmann had an unexpected co-pilot: a tiny black box called the “Heart of Joy.

We get a spin in BMW’s Vision Driving Experience concept equipped with the automaker’s new Heart of Joy system controller.

BMW wants you to remember this concept as its “Heart of Joy” demonstrator, but for all intents and purposes, the Vision Driving Experience is more than just a cheesy prototype. It’s our best look yet at what the Bavarian brand has in store for us over the next few years with its Neue Klasse series of vehicles—both in design and underlying technology.