{"id":83406,"date":"2025-08-30T03:26:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T07:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=83406"},"modified":"2025-08-30T03:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T07:26:39","slug":"crashed-bmw-m1-restoration-process-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=83406","title":{"rendered":"BMW Shares Update About The Crashed M1’s Restoration Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a while since BMW last provided an update on the M1\u2019s restoration. The car in question is a white E26 that crashed in 2013 during the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este. A new Instagram<\/em> post reveals the mid-engine supercar has now been stripped down to its bare metal, well, fiberglass.<\/p>\n

Legendary artist Walter Maurer is lending a helping hand to BMW, resulting in a creation that will be nothing short of exquisite. The 82-year-old Art Car<\/a> collaborator knows a thing or two about the M1, having painted several Procars in the early 1980s. Some road-going examples also bear his signature.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t BMW Classic\u2019s first rodeo with reviving an M1. Ronnie Fieg\u2019s Techno Violet<\/a> example took a full year to complete. Like the current work-in-progress, it\u2019s one of the 399 road cars built. These wedge-shaped, street-legal coupes were assembled between 1978 and 1981, with 54 Procar-spec race versions produced during the same period.<\/p>\n

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The restoration goes well beyond refreshing the Giugiaro-designed body\u2019s paint and lacquer. BMW is also overhauling the M1\u2019s internals, including its beating heart. The naturally aspirated 3.5-liter inline-six codenamed \u201cM88\u2033 is receiving the full BMW Classic treatment. Back in the day, it delivered 273 hp and 330 Nm (243 lb-ft) to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox. With a top speed of 165 mph (265 km\/h), it was the fastest German road car of its day.<\/p>\n

Disassembling one of the 163 white cars provides the perfect opportunity to restore every nut and bolt. The finished product should match the quality of the original Baur-assembled car. How long will it take? Since work began back in February, it\u2019s unlikely the M1 will be completed before sometime in 2026.<\/p>\n

Two years later, BMW will celebrate the supercar\u2019s 50th anniversary. For its 30th birthday, the M1 was honored with the Hommage concept in 2008<\/a>. However, the planned production version, intended to feature a V10, never materialized. Will there be at least another concept in 2028? Only BMW knows. Either way, don\u2019t expect a spiritual successor anytime soon, as M boss Frank van Meel recently told us it\u2019s not a priority<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: BMW Classic \/ Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a while since BMW last provided an update on the M1\u2019s restoration. The car in question is a white E26 that crashed in 2013 during the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este. A new Instagram post reveals the mid-engine supercar has now been stripped down to its bare metal, well, fiberglass. Legendary artist Walter Maurer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83407,"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-83406","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\/83406","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=83406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}