BMW built its first Motorsport division car (the M1) to race in the Group 4 series of the Manufactur­ers Championship. Homologation rules stated that BMW needed to make 400 road-legal vehicles to use them on the circuit. There’s a funny little secret wrapped around the creation of this race car: it’s as much Italian, as it is Bavarian. Sure, the engine that powers it is an all-German 277 horsepower, 3.5-liter, DOHC straight-six. The production version jumped from 0-62 mph in
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