To promote its highly anticipated M1, the first mid-engined road car in BMW’s history, a fleet of three early examples were retained for promotional use. Of these, just one was finished in Blue, chassis…
Read MoreProduced for just 16 months between March 2011 and June 2012, BMW shifted a little over 6000 copies of its E82-based 1M Coupe. By contrast, the contemporary M3, manufactured from 2007 until…
Read MoreAlthough it never wore the familiar ‘M’ moniker that graced most of BMW Motorsport’s road cars, the E31-based 850 CSi featured even more performance enhancements than many M-badged…
Read MoreDespite having been up against much newer and more highly developed opposition, BMW’s iconic E30 M3 still proved itself a winning platform during the car’s sixth and final season in the Deutsche…
Read MorePerhaps the least well known BMW Motorsport product to emerge during the 1990s was the E31 850 CSi built in limited numbers between 1992 and 1996. Despite its lack of an “M” moniker, practically…
Read MoreAlthough BMW’s Group 4 M1 is best remembered for the Procar series from which it took its name, once a much-delayed homologation process had been rubber stamped, the model did go on to…
Read MoreHaving commissioned the first two instalments of its burgeoning Art Car theme in time for the 1975 and ‘76 Le Mans 24 Hour races, BMW went on to order a third machine that would appear at the…
Read MorePerhaps counter-intuitively, the lightest body style from BMW’s V8-powered M3 line produced between 2007 and 2013 was the four-door E90 Sedan which tipped the scales at 50kg less than a…
Read MoreAlthough France was among the last major European nations to organise a national Touring Car championship, the Gallic series saw an explosion of interest during the mid-to-late 1970s when it…
Read MoreWhen it comes to hot executive Saloons of the 1980s, Alpina’s B7 Turbo has it all. Starting with a BMW E28 535i, Alpina added its familiar blend of uprated suspension, wider wheels, a limited-slip…
Read MoreIn addition to the examples sold to customers, BMW Motorsport retained a good stock of M1 Procars for its own requirements. Of these, some were destined for works use in the Procar series while a few…
Read MoreAs the most successful F1 driver on the grid with 17 victories and two Drivers’ titles, Niki Lauda would already have been among the favourites to walk away with the 1979 Procar Championship.
Read MoreAt the Paris Motor Show in October 1972, BMW unveiled a styling concept with a turbocharged version of the two-litre M10 engine. The Paul Bracq-designed E25 Turbo had a mid-mounted…
Read MoreConsidering just how unbelievably ugly most BMWs from the modern era have become, it may surprise some of our younger readers that, from the late 1960s through to the early 2000s, the…
Read MoreAlthough the 3.2-litre E36 M3 Evolution has the most powerful engine fitted to BMW Motorsport’s compact 90s offering, our favourite iteration of the second generation M3 was the limited run GT…
Read MoreEven though an oil crisis caused by a 1973-1974 war in the Middle East massively curtailed its works career, BMW’s E9 CSL remained the best top flight Group 2 racing car throughout the remainder of…
Read MoreBy dropping a close relative of the M1’s dual overhead cam 24 valve straight six into the elegant Paul Bracq-designed 6-series bodyshell which was then further enhanced with uprated…
Read MoreFor 1995, BMW decided to run its E36-based M3 GTR in IMSA’s popular GTS-2 category for GT racing cars. The programme was managed on BMW’s behalf by Tom Milner’s Prototype…
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