The world-renowned auction Sotheby's Auction recently announced on its official ** that it has a production date of February 23, 1981, a mileage of only about 17,200 kilometers, and is the only BMW M1 in the world with Polaris special metal silver as the car color. According to officials, the 1981 BMW M1 is one of the few 399 publicly available for sale on the road, which can be said to be quite precious. Bids for the BMW M1, which appeared at Sotheby's auction, start at around $750,000 950,000 and are expected to take place on March 1.
Pictured is the BMW M1 produced on February 23, 1981, with a mileage of only about 17,200 kilometers and a body color in Polaris special metal silver, which was published at Sotheby's auction on February 23, 1981, with bids starting at about $750,000 950,000 and is expected to be auctioned on March 1.
According to the official certificate of BMW Classic dated July 19, 2016, the car was completed on February 23, 1981 and was initially delivered to the French Bois D on March 27, 1981'Arcy's BMW Official Dealership. Archival documents show that the car was exported to Japan from France in 1983 and registered in Osaka, Japan. After more than 20 years in Japan, it was acquired and exported to Belgium in 2006. At this point, the odometer shows 11,103 km. In 2007, the M1 was repaired and updated at the BMW Delbeq in Seraing, Belgium, according to the retained service invoice, and the mileage was reset to zero as a result. According to official estimates, the car has a mileage of less than 17,200 kilometers from the new car.
The BMW M1 is the ancestor of the M-Power as it is now known, this supercar was born from 1978 to 1981 and was born entirely by BMW to compete in Group 4 racing, and the car has half Italian roots, because the car was designed by Giugiaro commissioned by BMW, and Lamborghini was responsible for some of the chassis tuning and assembly.
The M1 is legendary, in addition to the fact that it is the beginning of the M-Power, and it is equipped with a model borrowed from the BMW 30 CSL in-line 6-cylinder naturally aspirated engine with factory increased displacement to 3,453cc.The engine code was changed to M88 and the dry sump design provided stable lubrication at high corners, producing 277 hp at 6,500rpm and 33 at 5,000rpmWith 6 kilogram-meters of peak torque, combined with the ZF's 5-speed manual gearbox, it accelerates from zero to 60 mph in just 6In 2 seconds, it can reach a top speed of 260 km/h, which is not inferior to the current generation. The M88 1 straight-six engine led BMW's high-performance models for nearly 30 years, and at the same time created the later M5 boom.
Only 456 production cars were built in total, many of which were used in racing, so the M1 is so precious that BMW has rarely produced a thoroughbred sports car since then, making it a collector's item among car collectors around the world.