BMW's->ke178 involvement in MotoGP is well-chronicled, having been bestowed the title of "Official Car of MotoGP" for the past 15 years.

Seeing an opportunity to commemorate the occasion, BMW and MotoGP have partnered up yet again to present a special one-off BMW M6 to the best MotoGP qualifier at the end of the season. This particular collaboration has actually been going on since 2003, but this year, they're upping the ante with a pretty incredible prize.

The special-edition M6, which was recently unveiled at the Spanish Grand Prix, is dressed in a fancy Frozen Black Metallic exterior to go with an equally fancy set of 20-inch matte-black, light-alloy wheels. Meanwhile, the interior of the M6 Frozen Black carries a unique combination of carbon fiber trim with leather upholstery in Merino and Sakhir Orange. Oh, and don't forget the M multi-function seats, the heads-up display and the GPS navigation capabilities.

No performance mods were given to this unique M6, so you can expect it to be powered by a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 engine that produces 560 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque. With those numbers, the M6 is capable of hitting 0-60 mph in just 4.2 seconds with a top speed of 155 mph.

Click past the jump to check out the safety cars that have participated in MotoGP over the years.

2013 BMW M6 Frozen Black MotoGP Edition

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  • Model: 2013 BMW M6 Frozen Black MotoGP Edition
  • Engine/Motor: V8
  • Horsepower: 560
  • Torque: 502
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BMW M6 Gran Coupe MotoGP Safety Car

For the 2013 season, the official safety car of the Moto GP season is a BMW M6 Gran Coupe. Sporting the traditional BMW safety car colors of white matched with strips of red, blue, and light blue, the 6-Series Gran Coupe Safety Car looks like it’s ready to lay down the safety standards this year.

BMW 1-Series M Coupe Safety Car

The 1-Series M Coupe was the official safety car used during the 2011 Moto GP season. While it doesn't carry the same performance credentials as the M6 Gran Coupe, it did come with a 3.0-liter inline-six engine that produced 340 horsepower and carried enough weight savings to make it faster than the stock 1-Series M Coupe models.

BMW M5 Moto GP Safety Car

A year later, BMW opted to send something a little bigger and faster to be the Moto GP safety car. Enter the BMW 5-Series M5 and its 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 engine still carried 560 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque. Best of all, it could hit 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 4.4 seconds and hit an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph.