BMW M1 really was the Ultimate Driving Machine
 

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Life giving you lemons? Make lemonade. That's the spirit in Munich that lead to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/">BMW</a> producing the only mid-engined sports car in its 98-year history. The project resulted from a collaboration with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini/">Lamborghini</a> (now owned, incidentally, by arch-rival <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/">Audi</a>) to meet Group 4 homologation requirements. Lamborghini withdrew, the FIA changed its rules, but BMW built it anyway.<br />
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Arguably one of Giorgetto Giugiaro's finest designs, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/bmw+m1/">M1</a> packed a 3.5-liter inline-six, driving 273 horsepower to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/bmw+m1+procar/">Procar</a> racing version turbocharged that output up to 850 hp and attracted the top drivers in a one-make F1 support race series.<br />
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Over the course of three years, the Bavarian automaker only built 456 examples of the M1, and for BMW enthusiasts, there's no vehicle more coveted. But don't take our word for it - let <em>Petrolicious</em> tell one noteworthy owner's tale in the <a href="/2014/05/29/bmw-m1-petrolicious-video/#continued">video below</a>.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/29/bmw-m1-petrolicious-video/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>BMW M1 really was the Ultimate Driving Machine</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/29/bmw-m1-petrolicious-video/">BMW M1 really was the Ultimate Driving Machine</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 29 May 2014 12:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/29/bmw-m1-petrolicious-video/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20894673/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/29/bmw-m1-petrolicious-video/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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