The M1 was BMW’s prototypal activeness into the supercar territory, and it definitely was no slouch. Featuring a “naturally-aspirated 3.5-liter 279hp twin-cam sextet after used in the 635CSi and M5.” Unfortunately, exclusive 456-units were manufactured worldwide. Video after the break. Click here for prototypal equal in gallery.
Although the turbocharged 850hp edition was never a enthusiastic success in Group 5 racing, it was after entered in the Procar program in hold of Formula One races in the New seventies, in which a Marlboro-sponsored Niki Lauda took the denomination in 1979. The M1 went on to get the IMSA GTO denomination in 1981
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