Models equipped with BMW Assist feature BMW’s Enhanced Automatic Collision Notification, which alerts authorities when an airbag deployment has occurred.
High-quality, dark Alcantara with orange contrast stitching covers the door panels, door pulls, instrument cluster binnacle, dash panel, and gearshift and handbrake lever boots. Motorsport division of BMW headed by Jochen Neerpasch had been wanting to compete in motorsports using a car developed for competition racing in order to compete with arch rival Porsche in Group-5 racing, thus the development of the M1 was initiated.
The styling is great as ever and it speed performance has a powerful output for a twin-turbocharged engine.I have watched the 1M coupe doing the donuts above the helipad of a tall tower in the other article here at TopSpeed.
2012 BMW M1. The 2012 7 series sedan saw the addition of Driver Assistance and M Sport packages.
It’s a good thing that the vehicle offer a better fuel economy.The good thing was the BMW has used a M package for this car!
The result is an aluminum suspension originally conceived for the current-generation M3, and tuned specifically for this model at BMW M’s Nϋrburgring Nordschleife test center. As it is, the car feels plenty fast.
This means that the performance characteristics of the engine can be varied according to the driver’s wishes.A close ratio 6-speed manual transmission is used for power transmission to the rear wheels in the BMW 1 Series M Coupe. Our prototype’s steering wheel had an M button that wasn’t functional when we drove the car; as in the M3, it should be programmable with the driver's preferred settings for throttle response and the stability and traction control programs. Our car experts choose every product we feature. In the 1 Series M Coupe, the M Button activates a razor-sharp throttle response program for the sportiest driving. There will no automatic option with this vehicle. It features a track 2.8 inches (71mm) wider up front and 1.8 inches (46mm) wider in the rear, and weighs 35kg DIN (77 lbs, preliminary) less.Providing sure-footed responsive handling for a high-performance, powerful and luxurious coupe, while keeping mass under control, presented numerous challenges for BMW M’s engineers.
Inventory prices for the 2011 1 Series M range from $40,325 to $81,489.
It comes standard with 19-inch M light alloy wheels in Y-spoke design.
This configuration reduces the thermal loads on the discs, thus increasing their performance and service life. Even though the car pictured here is camouflaged, it’s clear that the wheel arches are flared significantly; they accommodate a front track widened by 2.4 inches and a rear blown out by 3.1 inches. Use the filters to narrow down your selection based on price, year and mileage – to help find your dream BMW M1.
Featuring large compound disc brakes and electronic anti-lock, stopping power for the 1 Series M Coupe is strong, precise and consistent. The Premium package includes autodimming for the exterior and interior mirrors, as well as the rearview mirror.
Under the hood will be the twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six with 340 horsepower. The interior seems elegant though I don’t like the design for the center console.As expected from this car the speed performance is great and the M package makes it more gorgeous!BTW, I wonder if this car already hit the floor of the US showrooms!Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display
The internally-vented, cross-drilled cast iron discs measure 14.2 inches (360mm) in diameter at the front and 13.8 inches (350mm) in the rear.
It features three large air intakes, with the central one being covered by a honeycomb-structured grille, large wheel arches, with the front one featuring chrome gill element with the M logo and exterior mirrors similar to the ones from the M3. The styling was great especially in the exterior.
Although the 135i now has BMW’s N55 single-turbo inline six-cylinder engine, the 1-series M uses the N54 twin-turbo unit that’s also fitted in the Z4 sDrive35is and the 335is.
new face .What else to say but this car has an awesome engine performance.
When talking with The toughest competitor for the BMW 1-Series M Coupe has to be the The Cayman R is powered by a tuned-up 3.4-liter six-cylinder engine that develops an impressive 330 HP.
In an inspired bit of cost-containment, the 1-series M coupe comes only with the regular six-speed manual gearbox—there will be no dual-clutch transmission option. In total, that power and these tweaks have made the M1 faster than the E46 M3 around the Nordschleife.Like any other M model, the new 1-Series M Coupe is dominated by a muscular look. An electrically-driven pump provides the system’s vacuum power.The heart of every BMW is the engine, and so an inline-6 with outstanding performance, free-revving behavior, and endless thrust propels the BMW 1 Series M Coupe. The 2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe will be available in limited quantities and with a limited range of options at Authorized BMW Centers in Spring, 2011.
That motor should be more than enough to haul around the car’s 3,307-pound weight.The M1 will feature a chassis, braking system, and rear differential similar to the M3.