The BMW 1 Series, while it was available in the United States, provided small, practical, entry-level luxury transportation.

Skunkworks projects are more often than not our type of cars. Cars such as the BMW 1‐series M Coupé – or 1M for short. The end result was a muscle bound coupe bursting with genuine M DNA.

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The totally locked-down front end and reined-in body has also taken away much of the standard 1M’s snappy behaviour. Push the stubby BMW hard and it no longer retaliates with the same hostility ...