Awesome car. Those who think it's a tuned 135i are fooling themselves. No tuned 1 series will come close to this car unless you start ripping out suspensions and diffs.

I think it's a great effort by BMW.

 

Black Sapphire and Alpine White photo shop pics courtesy of Phillip on 1addicts.com

 

White with M Stripes would look perfect...

 

Configurator: BMW 1 Series M Coupé : M Visualizer

 

I'm beginning to warm up to it! It's not as disappointing as I felt about it a couple of days ago.

 

Come on, are you guys kidding me here? I don't see what is there to warm up to or not to like about the exterior.

BMW hasn't come out a proper looking M Car in years! All their M Cars are so suttle. This is by far the most dramatic looking M Car they have made since the first gen M3. Proper wide fender, M3suspension, brakes, and diff. Good potent engine. Just proper stuff here. All this for only $45k? According to the post above which said it cost aprox $45K and an M3 according to BMW US is $58,400, this is a 23% discount to have a M1.

The only reason this runs slower than the M3 in the ring is because they don't want it to compete with its bigger brother.

Honestly, as nice as the M3 is, i don't see any reason to choose the M3 over this. I know looks is very objective and personal, but this is a deal! Throw in a chip and intake, this thing will literally FLY.

 

ill take one in White

 

Never been a fan of the 1 series but this deserves a second look.