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BokCh0y
06-21-2009, 11:36 AM
Saw this Friday afternoon:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c103/Stinky_tofu/IMG00047.jpg

Never seen one before. At first i was like look at the chump in the Lotus with the BMW Badging hahaha...but my friend was like that's not a Lotus you idiot, that's a BMW M1!!!!!!

Did some research, this was in production between 1978-1981....still a pimp looking ride. Hope they bring it back one day :D
Kloubek
06-21-2009, 11:37 AM
Sweet find! Very rare.
TorqueDog
06-21-2009, 12:11 PM
MacLeod Trail near Mission Road, right?


Very very rare car. Very cool indeed.
AndyL
06-21-2009, 12:16 PM
Argh! I'd give my left... nevermind... for one of these! Didn't know there was one in calgary. Now I need to go buy a winning lotto ticket, track this guy down and buy me a toy :)

Seen the recent M1 concept car?
nbaker00
06-21-2009, 12:21 PM
It was just in our shop for service:

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/268549/bmw-m1/
S13_Ryan
06-21-2009, 12:27 PM
lol whats up with the dual bmw badging
CMW403
06-21-2009, 12:42 PM
Originally posted by S13_Ryan
lol whats up with the dual bmw badging

an emphasis in douchebaggery
S13_Ryan
06-21-2009, 12:54 PM
yeah, pretty much. i think its ugly as hell IMO, the only cool thing about it is the fact that its rare.
tarrantas
06-21-2009, 01:17 PM
Wow never seen that before, always assumed there was an M1 somewhere..
:guns:
95EagleAWD
06-21-2009, 01:19 PM
Originally posted by S13_Ryan
lol whats up with the dual bmw badging

That's what they came with from the factory.
jsn
06-21-2009, 02:31 PM
Nice spot! Rare car for sure. I didn't think they had any of these in Calgary. I think this is one of the few cars that has dual badges from the factory lol
BokCh0y
06-21-2009, 03:14 PM
Originally posted by S13_Ryan
lol whats up with the dual bmw badging


Originally posted by CMW403


an emphasis in douchebaggery


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Originally posted by TorqueDog
MacLeod Trail near Mission Road, right?


Very very rare car. Very cool indeed.

Saw it on Mac Trail by Henninger Toyota.
4DoorGTZ
06-21-2009, 03:35 PM
That there is the reason the 135i is not called an M1 almost qualifies though with 300hp.
dino_martini
06-21-2009, 05:14 PM
Originally posted by 4DoorGTZ
That there is the reason the 135i is not called an M1 almost qualifies though with 300hp.

BMW really painted it self into a corner with its naming didn't they? lol

Sweet car though.
Twin_Cam_Turbo
06-21-2009, 10:39 PM
One of my favorites. Have seen this car around Calgary a few times. Wouldnt hesitate to track down the owner and try to purchase if I had a lot of money.
mr2mike
06-22-2009, 07:57 AM
I've only seen one of these at the BMW museum in Munich. Good spotting.
scat19
06-22-2009, 10:55 AM
amazing spot. Extremely rare car. :love:
atgilchrist
06-22-2009, 10:57 AM
There was less than 500 production cars made, nice spot!!!

There's one for sale on ebay right now for $170,000.:eek:
n1zm0
06-22-2009, 11:19 AM
cool, there was this 80's looking book about german cars i had when i was a kid i used to flip through over and over, had a picture of one of these in racing form, was white with blue and red stripes with full aero etc and reading into it a while back the turbocharged racing M1s could achieve up to 800+hp + midship layout = :nut: , just something about these early-mid 80's european sports car chassis with high asses and low sharp angled fronts like 80's esprits and gt5 panteras i like.