{"id":50152,"date":"2023-05-21T03:10:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T07:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50152"},"modified":"2023-05-21T03:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T07:10:51","slug":"bmw-m1-polaris-silver-unique-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50152","title":{"rendered":"Unique BMW M1 Originally Owned By M Founder Jochen Neerpasch Wows At Villa d&#8217;Este"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/05\/21\/bmw-m1-polaris-silver-unique-interior\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/noscript><img width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-09-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"65.407219115404\">\n<p>From the Concept Touring Coupe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/05\/20\/bmw-m3-touring-speed-yellow-concorso-villa-deste\/\">M3 Touring in Speed Yellow<\/a>, there are a lot of great BMWs on display this weekend at the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este. However, we feel these pale in comparison to the mid-engined M1. Not just because it was the company\u2019s first and only supercar but because of what it represents to enthusiasts. The homologation special also happens to be extremely rare, with only 460 units ever made although fewer than 400 were road-going cars.<\/p>\n<p>This M1 is quite a bit more special than the others. It originally belonged to none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/02\/interview-jochen-neerpasch-bmw-m\/\">Jochen Neerpasch<\/a>, the man who founded the M division. As if that wasn\u2019t interesting enough, this is only one of the three or four cars to be finished in Polaris Silver while the interior color is said to be one-of-a-kind. As you can see from our images taken on the shores of Lake Como, it\u2019s a veritable time capsule as the performance machine looks immaculate inside and out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-451948\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-451948\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bmw-m1-grey-jochen-neerpasch-18.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wedge-shaped beauty carries the chassis number 4301218 and was first registered in Neerpasch\u2019s name in July 1980, having been completed by Baur in February that year. He went on to sell the car to BMW M1-Club, Reinhard Klei\u00dfler in 1990 after racking up some 24,000 kilometers (nearly 15,000 miles). It is believed the vehicle was repainted before being sold to a collector in 2013 who showcased it at last year\u2019s Villa d\u2019Este. In late November 2022, it subsequently changed hands during an auction organized by RM Sotheby\u2019s in Munchen where it fetched \u20ac792,500.<\/p>\n<p>In October last year, Jochen Neerpasch admitted in an interview with RM Sotheby\u2019s that selling the car was one of his biggest mistakes. Many decades later, BMW\u2019s latest dedicated M car is completely different since the XM is a large plug-in hybrid SUV. Why? Sarah Lessmann, Product Manager at BMW M GmbH, said last year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/02\/23\/bmw-explains-why-xm-rather-than-m1-successor\/\">customer preferences have changed<\/a>, so to build a successful business case, the bespoke M had to be an SUV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Concept Touring Coupe to the M3 Touring in Speed Yellow, there are a lot of great BMWs on display this weekend at the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este. However, we feel these pale in comparison to the mid-engined M1. Not just because it was the company\u2019s first and only supercar but because of what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}