Spotted: BMW M1

[BokCh0y]

Saw this Friday afternoon:



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

[Kloubek]

Sweet find! Very rare.

[TorqueDog]

MacLeod Trail near Mission Road, right?


Very very rare car. Very cool indeed.

[AndyL]

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]

It was just in our shop for service:

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/268549/bmw-m1/

[S13_Ryan]

lol whats up with the dual bmw badging

[CMW403]

Originally posted by S13_Ryan
lol whats up with the dual bmw badging

an emphasis in douchebaggery

[S13_Ryan]

yeah, pretty much. i think its ugly as hell IMO, the only cool thing about it is the fact that its rare.

[tarrantas]

Wow never seen that before, always assumed there was an M1 somewhere..

[95EagleAWD]

Originally posted by S13_Ryan
lol whats up with the dual bmw badging

That's what they came with from the factory.

[jsn]

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]

Originally posted by S13_Ryan
lol whats up with the dual bmw badging

Originally posted by CMW403


an emphasis in douchebaggery

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]

That there is the reason the 135i is not called an M1 almost qualifies though with 300hp.

[dino_martini]

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]

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]

I've only seen one of these at the BMW museum in Munich. Good spotting.

[scat19]

amazing spot. Extremely rare car.

[atgilchrist]

There was less than 500 production cars made, nice spot!!!

There's one for sale on ebay right now for $170,000.

[n1zm0]

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 = , 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.