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 ...

Butler, correctly, opted to capture 1979’s masterpiece: the BMW M1 Art Car by Andy Warhol. And he did it in a disused factory building in Cologne. The whole ‘old racing car in abandoned ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a BMW unlike any that had been made before. The first production car to wear the motorsports-focused M division’s badge, the BMW M1 set the stage for generations of M cars to come. It was a ...

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 ...

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 ...