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BMW M1 -- I want one

ieani

ieani

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I saw one of these on the road yesterday. It was an older black version with more rock salt stains all over but similar. As far as I know you cannot even buy one here but have to import it. I want one though. I think its better looking than even the M3.

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ieani said:
I saw one of these on the road yesterday. It was an older black version with more rock salt stains all over but similar. As far as I know you cannot even buy one here but have to import it. I want one though....
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Don't know what you saw but it wasn't an M1. BMW stopped making the M1 in about 1980 and it was a true supercar not a hot-hatch.
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... I think its better looking than even the M3.
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Not hard.
 
Hartge have developed a One Series with an M5 engine in. It'll cost more than an M5 though!

I'm trying to find info on line, I'll edit post when I do, unless someone beats me to it...

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Hartge H1
5.0 Litre V8, 450 HP. Top Speed 188mph, 0-60 4.6sec.
Price £105,000.
 
This is the BMW 130i M Sport.

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3.0 straight 6, 256bhp, Top Speed 155mph, 0-60 6.1 sec.
£26,515


Apparently it's very disappointing.
 
mock up

This picture of yours is a mockup from a normal promotional photograph of the 1 series found on BMW's site.
The 130i M sport model is going to be plenty fast and that hartge M5 😱 …
 
On Top Gear they have the 130i M up against the new Golf R32 (I think), the R32 was much better by all accounts.
 
edesignuk said:
On Top Gear they have the 130i M up against the new Golf R32 (I think), the R32 was much better by all accounts.
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IIRC it was slightly faster than the Golf around the track, but the Golf was close in performance, a lot cheaper and not as ugly. Maybe it was a Golf GTI though? Can't remember. I have to say, I like the fact that it is rear-wheel drive but the 1-series is very ugly, IMHO.

BTW, the 1 series should be coming to the US this year if I remember correctly.

I'd rather have a Golf or Audi A3.
 
Lord Blackadder said:
IIRC it was slightly faster than the Golf around the track, but the Golf was close in performance, a lot cheaper and not as ugly. Maybe it was a Golf GTI though?
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Nah, it was the new R32. Won hands down I think. Besides, I wouldn't pay much attention to their lap times... to compare you'd need to do lots of laps in each; as far as I can tell they only do one per car!
 
dops7107 said:
Nah, it was the new R32. Won hands down I think. Besides, I wouldn't pay much attention to their lap times... to compare you'd need to do lots of laps in each; as far as I can tell they only do one per car!
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R32 it is then. 🙂

I think they said that the BMW was less slightly faster on track. But that was overshadowed by the fact that it was crappier to drive, not as nice inside and significantly more money.

I wouldn't call Top Gear scientific, but at least they'll happily rip on a car they don't like - whether they're right or wrong it's better than most US car mags which praise every new car whether it's crap or quality.

The R32 is what BMW should have made for its 1 Series.
 
The 1 Series is a car for slightly less wealthy image-obsessed *******s.

I predict it will sell like hotcakes in the US.

The real M1, on the other hand, is a true connoisseur's automobile.
 
pseudobrit said:
The 1 Series is a car for slightly less wealthy image-obsessed *******s.

I predict it will sell like hotcakes in the US.

The real M1, on the other hand, is a true connoisseur's automobile.
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Spoken like a true communist.
😀
 
Call me crazy, but I don't like any BMW anymore, maybe except the 7-series. That fine piece of ass is a work of art.
 
I've never liked BMW (except the M1 and the X-coupe).
I've always seen them as cars for the unimaginative:

You have some money but no imagination, you buy a BMW
You have a bit more money but no imagination, you but a Porsche
You have a lot of money, but no imagination, you but a Ferrari
 
edesignuk said:
On Top Gear they have the 130i M up against the new Golf R32 (I think), the R32 was much better by all accounts.
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Damnit, look what you've started...I've just requested a test drive in an R32 😉 😀
 
bartelby said:
I've never liked BMW (except the M1 and the X-coupe).
I've always seen them as cars for the unimaginative:

You have some money but no imagination, you buy a BMW
You have a bit more money but no imagination, you but a Porsche
You have a lot of money, but no imagination, you but a Ferrari
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What do you buy if you've got imagination? A Hyundai, but pretend it's a Ferrari? Brmm, brmm!
 
mpw said:
What do you buy if you've got imagination? A Hyundai, but pretend it's a Ferrari? Brmm, brmm!
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Off the top of my head I'd have
an Alfa as opposed to a BMW
A Noble M400 instead of a Porsche
and a late edition Lambo Miura instead of a Ferrari.


Edit: Actually I'd rather have a Citroen DS or a Lancia Integrale instead of a BMW
 
edesignuk said:
Damnit, look what you've started...I've just requested a test drive in an R32 😉 😀
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Do you know that you just quoted yourself, you silly bitch? 😉 😕
 
Lord Blackadder said:
R32 it is then. 🙂
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Nah... get a Focus ST, by all accounts it's better than both and pretty much on a par with a Porsche Cayman. 😉 It's that good. And it sounds unfookingbelievable. 😉
 
Abstract said:
Do you know that you just quoted yourself, you silly bitch? 😉 😕
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I know 😉 I brought up the R32, and now I've decided that may be my next car 😀 😱 need money damnit.
 
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