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BMW’s ultimate drift challenge is utterly hypnotic to watch

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Man cleans BMW logo before news conference of German premium automaker BMW in Munich
A man cleans a BMW logo before the annual news conference of German premium automaker BMW in Munich March 19, 2014. BMW said it expects record car sales and a rise in pretax profit in 2014, if political and economic conditions remain stable. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - RTR3HPAMPhotograph by Michaela Rehle — Reuters

Do you want to see a video of two cars drifting in everlasting perfect circles? Of course you do!

The video above, published by BMW, shows a driving champion going head-to-head with an autonomous car in a drifting challenge, The Verge reports.

Self-driving cars an an increasingly important part of the car landscape: BMW, Audi, GM and others are all working on autonomous vehicles. Aside from the drifting action above, automakers have already demonstrated driverless cars that can do everything from park themselves in your driveway to tackle hundred-mile interstate drives.

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