1981 BMW M1 - 1 Owner - 8,000 Original Miles

Oh my....a dream car for sure.

I have to imagine it will sell fast !

 

Good God.

 

This would've been my pick if you had set the limit considerably higher in your "You get ONE exotic for the rest of your life" thread

To op . . . . such a nice car. Glws John.

 

+1

 

I have a blue one as well, i hope you are asking top dollar for the car. The market is very strong for good cars. Good luck with the sale

 

Wow! Wow! Wow!

 

GLWS! Beautiful car!

 

I am dreaming!!! What stunning automobile...

 

Insanity

 

This was one of the cars I dreamed about as a kid, along with Robin Master's Ferrari wish it was in my budget. GLWS.

 

oy vey

 

Lord have mercy!

 

Another bucket list car for me, but sadly now priced way beyond reach.

 

What a car!! stunning.

 

Single owner for 35 years! And around 300/miles per year! Where will anyone find another like that? Amazing

 

Mother of God. Please, take one of my kidneys -- and a spleen, if you need it. Much love for the M1.

 

I recently purchased a 2002 M5, and then bought one of those books that has a bunch of road tests of M5s for the first 3 generations. Several of the articles in the book are South African car magazine road tests of the early M cars- I'm not sure why. It seems they had a relatively high number of BMW imported there in the 60's and 70's (or maybe just for whatever reason the book had several South African articles- it's an English language book so maybe that had something to do with it)?

Anyway, the period South African articles on the first generation M5 (and M535i- basically a predecessor to the m5, essentially stick sport 535 that did not have an M1-based motor and I don't believe was offered in the US under that name anyway...) all mention the uber BMW from a few years prior: the M1! I'm sure South Africa got a few of them, including this one.

After many years of seeing pictures in car books, I finally was/am able to see an M1 in the flesh as a regular at our car and coffee meet has an orange one. Beautiful car. I even got to sit in it

 

I'm getting sticky...

 

When I see BMW M1 I always think "white", nice to see one in a shade of blue

 

I loved my blue M1. It's the best color for that car, imho.

 

That's disgusting!!!!

(but now that you mention it, me too.... )

On a serious note, what a driveable (edit: not so) "exotic" with that venerable six. To hell with 300 miles a year.

 

I've seen an M1 in every color available and there really is no bad color for it!

 

When I was growing up in my hometown (mid 80's), local guy from a super wealthy family had one....he beat the crap out of it. I remember the rock chips and dents...was regularly parked outside our "hottest" nightclub. This was during the Miami Vice days, he was relegated to second place when a bad guy moved here with his new Countach and Corniche. Exciting times for a teenager that loved cars. Oh, M1 was red. Lamborghini was white and had the clutch replaced twice by a friend of mine...bad guy used to let the tarts drive the car....