" Fine, let's do it our way! If this is not stamped anywhere on the BMW M1 , then it should definitely be there. Originally, the BMW supersport project was created in cooperation with Lamborghini . The result was supposed to be a sports car, the production of which would enable the homologation of the special for Group 4 races. However, the Italian brand ran into financial difficulties, so they had to take up work in Munich, where they originally had to start with the development of the engine. It ended up being an exceptional mid-engined car with a great design by Giugiaro , which was the fastest production car in the world at the time.
It sounds like a fairy tale with a happy ending, but bad luck was just sticking to their heels at BMW at the time. The rules for Group 4 suddenly changed and the car was practically worthless, at least from a production point of view. Jochen Neerspach , the head of the BMW Motorsport division, in cooperation with the Procar company, created his own racing championship for these cars, which took place in 1980. The races were run before the Formula 1 grand prix, and Emerson Fittipaldi , Niki Lauda , Mario Andretti sat behind the wheel of the M1 type , Hans-Joachim Stuck or Nelson Piquet . " Lamborghini won't help us? So we'll build it ourselves! Won't they let us race with that car? So let's organize our own! And it was from this stubbornness in Munich that a wonderful and today highly valued car was created by collectors, which has not yet received a successor.
The car in the video belongs to Mike . He originally owned an old Ford Mustang in college. Then he wanted to exchange it for a Datsun B210 , but he noticed an older BMW 2002 in the shop, which he tried and couldn't leave. And finally, his love for BMW led to the purchase of a 1980 M1 super sports car in 2009. So far, he has put 10,000 miles on it on the roads of Dallas and is extremely satisfied. Sometimes he even takes her out for a track day at the circuit.
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