Born from an out-of-hours skunkworks project, the BMW 1‑series M Coupé ... harvest even more power from the engine, to the point that when we returned the 1M with 18,500 on the clock it ...

Skunkworks projects are more often than not our type of cars. Cars such as the BMW 1‐series M Coupé – or 1M for short. The end result was a muscle bound coupe bursting with genuine M DNA.

Our friend Jon Sibal has spoken to BMW about the possibility of a lighter, faster 1M, and he offers up the rendering above – a CSL-ified coupe. Yes, we're licking our chops at the idea of a race ...

A hodge-podge of M3 parts and a Z4 engine, it's nonetheless very special. This example wears the launch color and has just 26K miles. Upon its launch in 2011, the BMW 1M came in for a bit of ...

The BMW 1M coupe was a parts-bin special that took many of its parts from the BMW E92 M3 and is one of the best cars BMW has ever created.