In January 2003, the BMW Classic and Type Clubs International Section began providing an organisational umbrella framework for all official BMW Clubs that focus on classic BMW cars and motorcycles. The umbrella covers a wide and diverse spectrum of vehicles from pre-WW2 models to the present, ranging from the first BMW vehicle, the 1923 R32 motorcycle, to the latest modern classic, the 2003 E52 sportscar (Z8). The International BMW Classic and Type Club Section currently represents 30 clubs with over 12.000 members located throughout Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Far East. The tasks and organisation of the Section were constitutionalised in a meeting in Schwäbisch Hall by all member clubs on 20 January 2008, with the subsequent approval of BMW AG.