The BMW 1M faced many challenges before its release; BMW initially hesitated to produce it, it lacked a dedicated Motorsport ...

We take the legendary BMW 1M for a full road and track test to see if it truly deserves its cult status. With raw power, perfect proportions, and old-school manual thrills, the 1M is often called ...

BMW cars are very popular in GTA Online for their stylish looks and performance output. As of January 2025, Rockstar Games offers 21 BMW-inspired cars in the game. Some of these vehicles also come ...

This example wears the launch color and has just 26K miles. Upon its launch in 2011, the BMW 1M came in for a bit of criticism for being something of a parts-bin car. Take one regular 135i ...

Many have called the 1M a "parts bin" car, referring to the fact that many of its components were shared with different BMW models at the time. It turns out, however, that BMW pieced together just ...

GTA Online's extensive vehicle catalog also offers BMW cars that players can buy and steal. However, many players don’t notice them as Rockstar Games changes various details of the in-game cars.

Motivation matters. The car-guy’s Dulcinea. The BMW 1M isn’t a car that belongs in that barn. It’s the car one gets after achieving reasonable goals. There’s no IPO, but you’re the top systems analyst ...

Motivation matters. The car-guy’s Dulcinea. The BMW 1M isn’t a car that belongs in that barn. It’s the car one gets after achieving reasonable goals. There’s no IPO, but you’re the top ...

It’s almost unbelievable to think a car now so revered as the BMW 1M was once the controversial M car. Back in the early '10s, the purists sneered at its ordinary engine (the N54 twin-turbo ...

Skunkworks projects are more often than not our type of cars. Cars such as the BMW 1‐series M Coupé – or 1M for short. The end result was a muscle bound coupe bursting with genuine M DNA.

But can it hope to compete with the seminal BMW 1M Coupe from 2011? We dusted down an immaculate E82 from BMW’s heritage collection and brought it along for a comparison in our latest video head ...