They didnt and they even fought back because BMW was asking to handover the domain and the forum without payment!
They team of that forum tried to fight back in every manner , BMW action was very harsh as they hired some bots that would actually index every link in their user control panel , they kept eye on them.The bot was of a big company that couldn't be messed up with and all ... i know he had a bad time and I wish if the forum is still running under him!
Regards,
Muhammad Haris
Be safe!