In 1979, Andy Warhol was commissioned to create the fourth car in BMW's original Art Car collection. Using an M1 race car, he created what would become one of the company's most eye-catching designs.

For most BMW fans, the M1 remains the only true sports car designed by the Bavarians. Born in 1976 as the first mid-engine BMW car to be mass-produced, the vehicle proved its worth both on the ...

BMW art cars are a tradition all their own, but Andy Warhol's M1 Art Car is perhaps the pinnacle of them all. This year, the M1 Art Car turns 40 years old, and to celebrate, BMW looked to capture ...

The BMW M1 Hommage concept from 2008 is a spectacular design in its own right and served as the long awaited design sequel to one of BMW's most beloved cars, the M1. The BMW M1 Hommage was first ...

Perhaps this occurred to Andy Warhol when BMW asked him to paint its M1 Group 4 race car in 1977. Warhol, already a superstar, was constantly fascinated with the melding of the commercial and the ...

BMW built its first Motorsport division car (the M1) to race in the Group 4 series of the Manufactur­ers Championship. Homologation rules stated that BMW needed to make 400 road-legal vehicles to ...

We’re not sure there’s never been an uglier concept car, but the BMW M1 Hommage certainly comes close — if it doesn’t outright snag the crown. Looking like a reject from an ill-advised “ ...

As probably the only true supercar made by BMW, the M1 became one of the biggest automotive legends but, unfortunately, a car that is not very talked-about these days. To understand better ...

This issue’s featured car is very unusual. It’s a very aerodynamic 1980 BMW M1 that has been owned by Alamo resident Dick Glass for 20 years. BMW formed the M1 division, a performance division ...

In 1979 and 1980, the iconic BMW M1 supercar starred in the one-make Procar racing championship and in July, a fleet of M1 racers will return to the track at the Nuremberg city circuit during a ...

While BMW's exotic mid-engine car, the M1, was never officially imported into the United States, it serves as an interesting footnote to BMW’s proud heritage. Street cars are often turned into r ...