M1 Supercar

Fans of sports cars in the autumn of 1978, when the Sixty-fourth was opened Paris Motor Show, there was only one goal - to visit the stand of the BMW M1 supercar and see.
M1 supercar at the time was perhaps the fastest road car in Germany. "The audience is literally squeezed through the crowd, wanting to at least see the new" miracle "of a mid-fireballs" - German newspapers wrote. - "List of orders exceeded all expectations. For example, a fan of BMW in America immediately ordered three M1. " And the cost of the car at the time was one hundred thousand German marks. At that amount you could buy a BMW 323i four good set.
Then, in 1978, still unnamed, the M1 was opened as a project with the designation of E26V. This model - the first independent development units BMW Motorsport GmbH, which has been prepared for competition in groups of four (and in 1983 turned into a well-known group B) and 5. According to the regulations in the race of the fourth group was attended by only those cars that were produced in a series of at least four pieces for twenty-four consecutive months. Cars were also to be equipped with two seats, and have a resemblance to the production model.