RE: BMW M1: Time For Tea?

[DeltaEvo2]

Nice...another classic Italian masterpiece...Giugiaro (Italdesign)?! I could be wrong though.

[Mermaid]

DeltaEvo2 said:

Nice...another classic Italian masterpiece...Giugiaro (Italdesign)?! I could be wrong though.

Not wrong

[E24man]

Mermaid said:

Leggy said:

What bhp did they have?

6 cylinder 24v engine

286, same engine as the E28 M5/M635

Slightly different engine and only 277bhp.

[benjj]

Fittster said:

A true supercar needs to pack more than 6 cylinders.

I sincerely hope that is a joke.

XJ220?

Ferrari Dino?

911 RSR?

NSX?

GTR?

Lowdrag E-Type?

Come on, PH should be better than this.

[gforceg]

benjj said:

Fittster said:

A true supercar needs to pack more than 6 cylinders.

I sincerely hope that is a joke.

XJ220?

Ferrari Dino?

911 RSR?

NSX?

GTR?

Lowdrag E-Type?

Come on, PH should be better than this.

Zig-zagly. Thank you.

[Leins]

Few pics from Essen a couple of years ago:

[405dogvan]

Lost soul said:

Motorrad said:

I remember seeing one of these for 30 grand ish (my memory is probably failing me here) at Munich Legends.


Woulda-shoulda-coulda.

Same thing with the Z8 or will be soon

Z8s have never been cheap - there's a weird cult around them, which is odd because they are st looking cars ;0

I've also seem more Z1s than Z8s and the same number of M1s - YMMV

[aston addict]

g3org3y said:

Lovely stuff.

Would love one, but they are going for silly money now. The closest I think I'll ever get was the recent model(s) I bought!





As a side note, the chap has the kind of garage I want with all the BMW fanboi paraphernalia (including all the Art Car models!!) - jealous!

Great models and these will appreciate in value too - I have the white BMW m sport procar models in 1:18 - still my favourites...

[Dave Hedgehog]

XJ220? - a financial flop mostly because they put a 6cly engine in it rather than the planned V12

Ferrari Dino? - up until very recently seen as lesser car, not originally badged ferrari? never had supercar performance

911 RSR? thinking ...

NSX? to slow and drives to much like a civic imo to be a supercar

GTR? more muscle car than supercar, v fast of course

Lowdrag E-Type? in its time very probably

[peter450]

Dave Hedgehog said:

XJ220? - a financial flop mostly because they put a 6cly engine in it rather than the planned V12

Ferrari Dino? - up until very recently seen as lesser car, not originally badged ferrari? never had supercar performance

911 RSR? thinking ...

NSX? to slow and drives to much like a civic imo to be a supercar

GTR? more muscle car than supercar, v fast of course

Lowdrag E-Type? in its time very probably

Porsche 959

DB5

Most of the cars above were considered supercars in there day. The original poster of that list had the point pretty much spot on

[Caddyshack]

NSX is not too slow (NB. It is spelt too not to) it was also a bench mark for the mother, daughter and daddy of all supercars the Mac f1 (flemke has an NSX too) Ron Dennis and Senna were using them when the F1 was developed.

993 gt2 porker and 996 GT2 were widow makers in their time and would still show a clean pair of heels to many supercars driven properly.

The Jag was not a flop due to not having the original V12, it was a very good excuse to pull out of the deal when the bankers were jumping off buildings with financial meltdown iirc.

The M1 is very much a supercar IMO and I can remember one up for sale at a local BMW dealer when I was a kid and I can still sense the infectious excitement my Dad had at the time when we saw it and will never forget that memory....that is what Supercars are all about.

[aeropilot]

Caddyshack said:

The Jag was not a flop due to not having the original V12, it was a very good excuse to pull out of the deal when the bankers were jumping off buildings with financial meltdown iirc.

Indeed, and by people that bh about a V6 engine that was one of the greatest V6 engine designs ever and one that was designed from the outset as a racing engine.....

[benjj]

Thank you all (apart from Dave Hedgehog and the original knob who made the 6 pot comment )

I am enthused that sense still remains and thrives on PH.

[Art0ir]

chris333 said:

Always loved the M1 for this:

It's quite an iconic shape isn't it.

I bought the closest thing I could afford

[derin100]

Art0ir said:

chris333 said:

Always loved the M1 for this:

It's quite an iconic shape isn't it.

I bought the closest thing I could afford

[g3org3y]

aston addict said:

Great models and these will appreciate in value too - I have the white BMW m sport procar models in 1:18 - still my favourites...

Another one to add to my already vast collection.

Actually, here's the closest I've ever got to a real M1!

[crostonian]

JonathanE said:

I'm not sure I agree with him that it was the fastest production car available in 1980, but it doesn't really matter.
Jonathan

It possibly was in the US as the 512BB and Countach weren't homologated for sale there in this period, nor was the AM Vantage although I stand corrected on this, so that just leaves the 930 Turbo as a possible contender.

[myhandle]

crostonian said:

It possibly was in the US as the 512BB and Countach weren't homologated for sale there in this period, nor was the AM Vantage although I stand corrected on this, so that just leaves the 930 Turbo as a possible contender.

Was the M1 itself homologated for sale in the US?

[myhandle]

derin100 said:

First pic isn't an M1, it's the BMW Turbo concept, a gullwing doored 4 cylinder prototype whose shape led to the M1. Nice nonetheless.

[krallicious]

I saw my first and only M1 whilst taking the senic route to Nice from Frankfurt. I followed him over a couple of Swiss passes before waching him spin through a wire fence on the Grimsal pass . Sounded lovely up until then.