BMW M1
THE YEAR was 1978 and the place was the Paris Motorshow.
It was here the first official M-badged car the BMW M1 – a stunning hand-built, street-legal race car made its debut. It was the fastest German road car of its era.
At the time the Motorsport entity was led by Jochen Neerpasch and BMW was keen on going head-to-head against Porsche on
