The BMW M1 is historic for its successes and for its failures. The final production car and subsequent race cars weren’t what BMW initially intended and yet today, they’re among some of the most ...

For more than 50 years, BMW’s Motorsport division has been responsible for some legendary engines. Those that ended up powering the awesome M-badged road cars are well-documented, so in this article, ...

The BMW M1 is almost universally admired today for its good looks and surprising performance. But in almost every other way, it was, in its day, a failure for BMW and the reasons why help explain why ...

BMW built its first Motorsport division car (the M1) to race in the Group 4 series of the Manufactur­ers Championship. Homologation rules stated that BMW needed to make 400 road-legal vehicles to use ...

The BMW M1 arrived in 1978 as a shock to the system, a mid-engined wedge from a company better known for sedans than supercars. With its racing-bred straight six and radical layout, it signaled that ...

MONTEREY, California --Vintage? Yes. Historic? Very much so. Old? Not even a little bit. This BMW race car is alive, a machine with a shrieking soul. It vibrates all around me, as if there's a ...

As supercar powerhouses turn to plug-in hybrid tech and all-wheel drive for improved performance, BMW’s available technology is more than capable of competing. The M1 was like a flag planted in the ...

Wyatt is a lifelong car enthusiast with a passion for American muscle cars. Wyatt loves delving into almost any topic in the automotive community and enjoys doing research to ensure his work is ...