1979 Bmw M1
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1979 bmw m1. The 35 Liter 277 HP was upgraded to 350 HP Racing clutch Special exhaust Front spoiler wider front and rear fenders Side skirts. 7 rows 1980 BMW M1. 1979 The entry list for the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans contained two very interesting BMW M1s.
USD 350000 - USD 425000. Top Gear review - BMW M1. A total of 453 BMW M1s were built making it one of the rarest BMWs ever built.
We are extremely proud to have sold one of the most significant and original BMW racing cars in existence the 1979 Championship Winning BMW M1 Procar of Niki Lauda Project 4 McLaren Racing. The Giugiaro-penned BMW M1--internally E26--debuted at the 1978 Paris auto show and followed the path set out by the BMW Turbo show car introduced all the way back in 1972. Between 1978 and 1980 BMW built 399 M1 street cars and 54 race cars for the famous one-make Procar series.
In a test conducted in 1979 the BMW M1 reached a top speed of 2647 kmh or 1641 mph. The M1 was officially introduced at the Paris Salon in October 1978 but BMW quickly learned that its new M1 did not meet the requirements of the new Group Five regulations requiring 400 cars to be sold to the public prior to a racing version run on any track. An original matching numbers 20500kms example manufactured in October 1979 and delivered new to BMW Park Lane in London on the 20th of November 1979 on behalf of Mr Tim Powell as a private import.
With its maximum-regulation Group 5 bodywork the March Engineering entry looked like an M1 on steroids with its extended body length massively oversized fenders and enlarged front air dam and rear wing. 37 rows The 1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship was the inaugural season of the BMW M1 Procar. How much is a BMW M1.
Specifications listing with the outside and inside dimensions. It was initially conceived to compete in Group 4 and Group 5 racing which stipulated at least 400. The M1 designated E26 internally was BMWs first mid-engined car.
BMW Motorsport was responsible for the entire M1 project using the 6-cylinder M88 engine in a chassis designed by Giampaolo Dallara. 1979 BMW M1 - E26 - 35L ONLY 453. It is therefore the first car completely designed by BMW Motorsport.
Today the cars are worth multiples of that with the best. The first BMW Supercar - A very special piece. This M1 coupé was hand-built from 1978 to 1981 by BMWs motorsport division as a homologation condition for group 4 regularization.
In 1979 and 1980 the BMW Procar Series was one of the most spectacular racing series in the motorsport world. Street versions of this stunningly sleek boldly unique BMW were sold between 1979 and 1981. When new in 1979 a BMW M1 would have cost about 115000 or about double what a contemporary Ferrari 308 cost.
Specs datasheet with technical data and performance data plus an analysis of the direct market competition of BMW M1 man. 1980 BMW M1 Ahg sold for 155000 The M1 was a limited production car with only 455 built from 1979 to 1981. 5 in 1979 the model with 2-door fastback coupe body and Line-6 3453 cm3 2112 cui engine size 204 kW 277 PS 274 hp DIN of power 330 Nm 243 lb-ft of torque 5-speed manual powertrain for Europe.
The AHGBMW Motorsports Division president Peter Gartemann list the modifications as follows. 1979 BMW M1 - BMWs Press car - A very early M1. Right from the start the BMW M1 was the fastest road-going sports car built in Germany as timed by a leading car journal.
Of course BMW UK were not officially allowed to import these cars.
