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Built to Race—The BMW M1 Turns 40

By Christoph Zerbini on November 27, 2018 2018, All Access Paywall, Australia/New Zealand, Current Issue of Racecar, Current Issue Paywall, North America, November '18, Region, UK/Europe, Vintage Racecar Archives, Vintage Racecar Articles, Vintage Racecar Feature, Vintage Racecar Features

The idea of the M1 became official in September 1975, when Jochen Neerpasch, head of BMW Motorsport GmbH presented the strategy of BMW Motorsports to the board of the BMW. A part of that strategy involved motorsports with production cars, which in the 1970s, had gained enormous popularity among drivers and spectators alike. The brains…

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