The BMW M1: a Race Car That Couldn't Go Racing - Jason Cammisa Revelations Ep. 29

[@richardmahoney9415]

This series is absolutely unbelievable Jason is one the GOAT’s

[@kimcheebowl]

100% agreed!!!!!

[@Jc12x06]

Dude this channel itself is goated

[@amazin7006]

@Catholic Firefighter ???

[@wyteoh2000]

Nah, I am not sure.

[@samteks125]

@Catholic Firefighter Wtf do less drugs dude

[@bunsenn5064]

I find it hilarious how BMW’s first high-performance car was a Lamborghini.

[@Twinjeremy]

Yet no one else cares

[@FH4Player6397]

@@Twinjeremy Yet you cared enough to comment that.

[@danielfietkau733]

@@Twinjeremy hilarious

[@barristanselmy2758]

@@Twinjeremy You set yourself up for that one buddy.

[@barristanselmy2758]

@@Twinjeremy Actually it's interesting bit of information. Everyone here cares.

[@JC-lk3oy]

Man, Hagerty is absolutely killing it. Great production quality, interesting topics, and a host with just the right amount of screws loose.

[@mry82]

just like a first gen Neon... wait... that was too many loose screws!

[@kingartison]

I like this guy lol

[@ryanreedgibson]

Yeah, they've been killing it for a while now though.

[@tb-cg6vd]

My dad advertised BASF so we got to see the M1 in that amazing livery racing & I could never work out why such a brilliant car just disappeared. 40 years later now I know! Thanks internet.

[@Zkt_Zkt]

Revelations are one of my favorite series on KZbin. Thanks, Jason!

[@CHRISROYALSCHIEFSFAN]

Anything Jason does I will watch!

[@ArnoldClarke]

No, thank me.

[@dalton412]

Me too

[@traveltonshl]

That man is a national treasure!

[@ericsartanahorner]

I agree. This series is awesome.

[@jonathanguerdrum2863]

The driving sequences at the end of these are the cherry on an amazing cake. You learn about the car, and then you get to feel like you are in it for a few minutes, with all the clicks, chatters, revs. GREAT SERIES!

[@TriCkYiCe]

Could not agree more. Careful with the clutch and gear changes, as they should be. Sounded beautiful, and worth the price of admission.

[@billincolumbia]

@@TriCkYiCe I agree that they should be driven gently. Can you explain why he blips the throttle between upshifts? I understand it on a downshift, but not on an upshift. Thanks for any info you can provide.

[@Ben_Chillin]

@@billincolumbia Because he doesn't know better. I came to comment the same thing. You can even watch the tach at 15:44, he shifts at a little over 6k, blips the throttle to keep the rpm over 5k, then engages the clutch to suddenly slow the engine to 4200 rpm. He's actually causing MORE wear to drivetrain components as well as upsetting the balance of the car by doing this. It's painful to watch and listen to, and a good way to send a nice car taillights-first into a guardrail if he ever accidentally approaches the limit of the rear tires. Considering his viewership numbers, I'm embarrassed for him.

[@fragdude]

@@Ben_Chillin yea I noticed this, I’m guessing the sound from the interior is of him double clutching, but that’s not actually necessary…. I blame the fast and the furious. Even more interesting is that if the driver was to just do a regular shift at a regular pace he would probably be going pretty easy on both the synchros and the clutch…. (And in the end those are just replaceable parts, at least the clutch should be easily replaceable. Drive the car normal, don’t cater to silly fan-people. Unless you can remember watching an F1 driver by the name of Fangio you have never driven a car where double clutching is needed.)

[@tcmr5775]

its a perfect formula. same reason why Doug Demuro is so successful

[@rjscott6116]

I learn something new about automobiles every episode. I am as passionate about anything you can drive as I am about this show! I can't wait to see what's next...

[@krautsurfer8181]

Someone somehow even managed to make a Procar M1 road legal in Germany, you could hear that thing approach you for quite some time before it passed you on the Autobahn at full tilt. What a noise, what a car! That was a fantastic day 😍

[@dylanmccallister1888]

Maybe they made it road legal in like croatia or something and drove it in germany. Idk since the EU how your laws work but if this was back in the day, not everyone had joined yet and so it was possible to do something like make a racecar legal easily in a not so regulated country then drive it into a heavily regulated EU member state on the weekends

[@InitiateDee]

@@dylanmccallister1888 the only way to make it legal here in Croatia, even back when, was a lot of bribery. Otherwise they're just as strict here as they would be anywhere else (especially in the bigger cities)

[@jerrylundgren8244]

@@dylanmccallister1888 I'm guessing now. I think it could have been done by puttning the car through a TÜV inspection/certification. Probably both expensive and complicated.

[@tommihommi1]

@@krautsurfer8181 the M1 procars at the Nürburgring 24h classic race are a joy. For a couple laps until they get black flagged for being too loud

[@chetanaradhya2554]

This video series is so addictive. Please don't stop until you cover all the legendary stories about automobiles.

[@Madrider1024]

Please continue even if you run out of the stories. Just make something up and I’m sure it’ll be very much worth watching

[@chetanaradhya2554]

@@Madrider1024 i would not disagree to this

[@DDxRaptor]

Huge props to Jason for the immaculate German. Haven't heard a non-German person speaking it so clean since a while, and this comes from a native German ^^ I actually had to rewind the video to hear if Jason really said it the way he did. Please keep up the awesome work!

[@highground8085]

Ich bin in die Kommentar-Sektion gekommen um das zu lesen 👍🏻du hast sowas von recht. Echt astreine Aussprache.

[@co88jo]

I believe he lived in Germany for a few years.

[@dirtydard4870]

Why would you want this so badly? Imagine American english speakers praising a German for perfect pronunciation and accent when speaking english. It would sound ridiculous, like the German is mocking the way we talk

[@jakehammond12345]

' for a while'

[@carguy99]

He went to high school in Germany. His father worked over there for a number of years

[@IDv8I]

I'm old, and when I was a teen I saw a picture of the M1 and stuck it next to my poster of the white Lamborghini Countach and Farrah Fawcett. I always wished I had a bigger poster like the other two, but I was enamoured by how cool it was while being simpler looking than the Lambo. One of my dream cars. Thanks Jason, for your fantastic story telling, more Revelation episodes please.

[@richardturk7162]

Farrah Fawcett not Foster.

[@IDv8I]

@@richardturk7162 Thank you... I got too excited remembering it, lol I fixed it as that would bug me.

[@TexasRiverRat31254]

Back then I was driving a 2002 on the narrow mountain roads in Vermont but I had the red BMW factory "handout" on the wall....and Farrah.

[@IDv8I]

@@TexasRiverRat31254 I wasn't alone, lol. What did you look at more?

[@berniemiller2992]

Mine were a C-111 and Maridoth McRae (Pettycoat Junction).

[@_JimS]

I saw this little beast run at Mid-Ohio the one and only time. You know where it was around the track for the engines literal SCREAM!!! One Badass little monster. The memory is well etched in my mind.

[@verdict1163]

The driving segments at the end of these videos are always such a treat - I wish they were longer!

[@mesropmadzharyan6727]

And he doesn’t talk I love it .

[@kopronko]

Yeah, especially the M1-Turbo videos should be Longer , ....

[@vdochev]

Yup, that one sounded very delicious!

[@DiRT3Xbox360]

9:53 I was genuinely gobsmacked and nearly dropped my fork when Jason read that sign in perfect, accent free German… I was really really impressed by that. ^^ And yet again, another awesome video guys! I really enjoy every single one of these car revelation episodes ^^

[@osebu]

As a German this caught me off guard, that was really impressive

[@bhuiafuibawerf]

Same! Very unusual and nice to hear a native English speaker NOT butcher another language. Great job!

[@CDNTruckerNS]

@@osebu absolutely

[@MightyBright1111]

Its the first video I saw from him and when he read the sign the first thing I thougt was. "Oh, he´s german, but his english is very good. "

[@BillCipher1337]

same

[@appelflapdrol]

Solid vid. Only thing I would add is that the wheels were made by Campagnolo, another Italian manufacturer but famous for high end aluminium roadbike components. Also inventor of the quick-release axle system, revolutionized the parallellogram derailleur, and is still leading in high end bikeparts

[@vianhoho19]

5:32 I've been waiting for the explanation about the M color origins ever since Jason mentioned it in a Carmudgeon episode some weeks back. That's definitely interesting 🤯

[@Kaipeternicolas]

Amazing video! Well done! As a German who loves motorsport and grew up with family working at BMW I really appreciate this video! Even Jasons German sounded VERY GOOD!

[@barbarusbloodshed6347]

Yeah, thought the same thing. He must be learning German on the side or something. Wouldn't surprise me at all!

[@thu-bu1hf]

Jason spent a few years of his childhood and adolescence in Germany where his father was a manager for Opel, I believe. He´s fluent in German.

[@Dutch-bi1wf]

Ich wohne in Holland. 1,5 km von die Grenze und seines Deutsch ist besser als meines 😢

[@EmyrDerfel]

The way he says "München" is a giveaway.

[@SiRQuacKC4]

@@EmyrDerfel the pronounciation of stuttgart also is a dead giveaway that he knows german :D

[@elphyn]

I first saw the M1 in a car magazine as a 12 year old in 1981. Has been my dream car and made me a BMW fan since then. I still have a Corgi model M1 in its box from the '80's.

[@VaraNiN]

Always a good day when new Revelations hit

[@neoleo593]

he lived in germany as a teenager

[@VaraNiN]

@@neoleo593 Aaaah, that makes sense! Ty :)

[@10zoll]

But calling Mr. Neerpasch Neerspach didnt count for you ;-( The sad thing is he adds errors into his story and now you all believe his new truth ;-(

[@yhfsywfit]

I used to have a mid-80s BMW K1000 motorcycle in M livery; pearlescent white with orange and light blue stripes. It was a beautiful machine. The promise of M has alway been strong.

[@houseofno]

The bribe money is to get Jason to make another video - as if he needed the incentive. Thanks again for another great video Jason!

[@dylanorr2127]

Fingers crossed for the Lamborghini LM002

[@tcmr5775]

Hagerty yall need to do whatever it takes to keep this series going because this is the #1 car content on KZbin right now. Keep pumping this out!

[@tylerramsey7396]

The POV driving at the very end with the engine noise is my favorite part of the episodes lol

[@goncalo33]

You'd love Tedward, TheTopher and AutoTopNL, then.

[@C.I...]

@@goncalo33 They talk too much +/ their microphones aren't as good.

[@goncalo33]

@@C.I... AutoTopNL and Winding Road Magazine tend to be silent.

[@FAT8893]

@@C.I... AutoTopNL always make two or three separate videos. One of it always the review, and the rest is POV.

[@hotdog9262]

you should probably watch the hillclimb version then

[@majormegapix]

What a gorgeous car! I sold BMWs in the late 80s and got to spend time driving the M3 and M5. The sound of the M1 engine brought back the memories!

[@JG-zb7om]

Been waiting for this one! The M1 and the 959 were the two cars from my youth that were captivating not only for their performance, but the legends of their origins and the potential impact they failed to impart on the automotive world.

[@The-fs5wn]

Comparing the 959, which was the singular on-par competitor to the all time great F40, to the M1 which was by all accounts a massive failure is pretty wild.

[@PieAndChips]

@@JG-zb7om The 959 won the Paris-Dakar rally...

[@exarkunn69]

The sound that car makes is biblical, from the rev to the overrun after letting off hard acceleration!

[@jurajkaplan5523]

Red M1 with racing kit that belonged to the Boney M producer Franz Farian is absolutely stunning.

[@MrThrustSSC]

Frank Farian it is. Allthough funnily his real name is actually Franz Reuther.

[@NickBosshard]

Had to look it up and you're 100% right, such an amazing looking car.

[@arminius301]

Frank Farian lived next to the town I grew up in Solms/Braunfels. He also produced Milli Vanilli, the biggest flopsters in the 90's LOL. Wonder if he had to sell the M1 to pay for lawyer's fees.

[@danielday713]

Thanks a bunch for the history lesson. This fan is the caretaker of two of the company’s cars: a 1973 BMW 2002 and a 2002 E46 M3. Both have been a joy to drive and maintain. One day, I’ll pass them on to someone else.

[@erickirshner2810]

That M1 does look kind of like a Lotus Esprit. Beautiful car.

[@homers5699]

Clean looks and its fast and reliable to

[@TiagoJoaoSilva]

They're both "Giugiaro Wedges"(TM)

[@alexstone3349]

Just like the Lotus only slimmer.

[@alexstone3349]

The interior looks like the Lotus to.

[@DaisyLynn-ho8gj]

Growing up, my next-door neighbor had two M1,s, and they were gorgeous.

[@WilliamRandolphthecarguy4all]

Thank you for the note about BMW being in the business of making money, not cars. I think Lutz said something very similar in Car Guys vs Bean Counters. AWESOME VIDEO!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Without $ there are no cars, BMW were going under year I was born, Daimler was going to use them to make trucks. By this century BMW were outselling Mercedes & Daimler had to buy AMG to compete with M.

[@ralphjones1930]

Well it did get to race here in the states a bit- Dave Cowart and Kenper Miller drove the Red Lobster M1 to the IMSA GTO championship in 1981. And that six cylinder did sound righteous and good...!

[@richleineweber7279]

Hearing those M1's at Road America as a kid made me a life long BMW Motorsport fan. Plus a lot of influence from my dad lol.

[@tsurdyk]

Fantastic episode. Thank you. I well remember reading about the M1 back in 1981...and was amazed at what they managed to produce. Then I waited to see one on the street, in the flesh. And waited. And waited. The average sale price of an M1 today is over $500k.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

i8 is modern EV equivalent & you can get it for less (+ Spyder).

[@DS-pk4eh]

I remember having M1 car toy and it was my favorite. It has that timeless looks.

[@bowtiebonanza]

JASON!!! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DROP!! THANK YOU SIR!!!!!!

[@dR-bh9kt]

As a kid I lived in Plano TX. A gentleman in my neighborhood had 2 M1’s. One was a road card and the other was the race group 4 version. He would actually drive the race car version on the street. This was during the mid 80’s. I remember walking home from school and watching him zoom by. I was obsessed with these cars. I finally got the courage to knock on his door and ask if I could take pictures of his cars. He was extremely gracious and went even further. He gave me a ride in both cars. We became friends and I would come over on the weekends and use his garage to fix my car. It was a 1970 z28 that I purchased in 1985. He let me use his tools and lift to work on my beloved Z28. I Believe, that he was a developer and a home builder in Plano and Frisco. His wife was a realtor. They also had two 7 series BWM’s. I moved to Virginia after high school and lost track. I wonder what happened to these cars and my friend. If still alive, he must be close to 80 years old.

[@lesflynn4455]

This is such A grade quality content. The research that goes into these Revelations videos is so appreciated by your viewers.

[@thomasgodfrey758]

I had a 88 M5 and I would go out at night, open the windows and sunroof and drive around just to listen to the motor wail! It was glorious and with the 50/50 weight balance it was so easy to control.

[@longtailgt]

Oh come on, this video isn't long enough! The M1 needs at least a 20 minute video. Such a magnificent car with a fascinating story, and its impact on the company is so profound. And boy does it sound spectacular! No wonder it was the best sounding car in NFS World.

[@JiorujiDerako]

I miss NFS World, the M1 Procar was the only car in that game I shelled out real money for and it was absolutely my favorite thing to drive. Cemented the M1 as one of my favorite designs too

[@longtailgt]

@@JiorujiDerako I miss that game too. I bet you had loads of fun racing with the M1 too. It was a great car in its class. I owned the treasure hunter edition M1 and I absolutely loved that car. It was one of my "go to" treasure hunting cars on the days I was in a hurry and didn't want to break my streak. I spent a lot of money on that game but I don't regret it. The memories I made in that game playing with my friends will stay with me forever. I can relate to you on the last point too, the game played a role in making me fall in love with so many cars, and the M1 is near the top.

[@matlabninja]

Your closing comment around M evolving from race car builder to sport package producer makes me wonder if enthusiasts love the e46 M3 so much because it hits the balance between the two so well. I certainly appreciate that balance in an e36 M3 once you breathe a little more life into the nerfed US spec engine.

[@dr.doolittle8179]

You never make a video where I don't learn, laugh, and smile knowing you're one of the guys that deserves his car collection. Awesome. 👌

[@nunyabusiness896]

None of these are his.

[@georgekappland2935]

Please keep making these. They are all so well done and Jason is the perfect host.

[@ricardopereira2746]

I just discovered this channel, whenever I see any video talking about the Original M1, I'll click. One of my favourite racing cars ever, since I was a kid. There were a couple of M1's in 84 or 85 in the portuguese touring car championship, I had 6 years old when I first heard the the growl of the inline 6 with open exhaust. Damn, they were LOUD! Great video, will check out the rest of your work guys

[@geoffhurley8103]

So amazing there's a connection between the M1, the Rambo Lambo, and the Humvee. Great video! I've always loved that car and it was a pleasure to learn about it.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Germans just going in and taking stuff they reckon belongs to them isn't exactly a new thing!

[@salazam]

*HMMWV

[@Rns555]

Nope, there's no connection.

[@the_katman2181]

This car is drop dead gorgeous.

[@bicyclist2]

I remember reading about this car in car magazines in the 80's. The story of this car could even make for a good movie some day. I've loved the look of this car since first seeing pictures of it. I always wanted a big poster of this car for my wall as a teen. This car seemed like it was ether too late, or too early, as the rules and companies involved were always changing. I know many would have liked to see it compete as it was intended to. Being designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, the M1 should have had an Ital Design logo on it somewhere. Thank you.

[@blue_lancer_es]

I want to see the heist.

[@spadecat]

The legal disclaimer was a good bit. Quality throughout. That sound at the end intoxicating.

[@carbonemtree]

Camissa gang 😎

[@lovemorepanashematiyenga6609]

We here, cammisa🙌🙌🙌💪

[@rjscott6116]

I'm down for that.

[@TheFloatingBartender]

Im not even a car guy, I watch this channel and im invested because of Jason and also the production of each episode. If that isn’t a testament to your channel I dont know what is

[@arride4590]

I love my BMW 135i RWD 300hp 3.0L 6 cylinders twin turbo with M package. Pretty fast tiny car two doors. I bought a Mustang and i returned because i did test drive this BMW before.

[@thehumanoid6543]

that's a modern mk4 supra. Better in all ways than a mk4 supra btw

[@leccybadger]

@@thehumanoid6543 not sure that's correct, as in, I own the latest gen (G42) M240i X drive which does have Supra/Z4 underpinnings but sits on an entirely different chassis to the 1 series, certainly a RWD 135i, as the current model is X drive.🤔

[@unowen-nh9ov]

@@leccybadger Original 1er was reduced E90 3er (BMW Canada sold it as "BMW Concentrated"). Your Supra is made on same line as Z4 by Magna in Austria (original X3 built there also). 135i was ideal commuter, small but with ALL the BMW driving & engineering features. Now 1er is fwd. MINI UKL & they only sell X1 in North America.

[@mbo191]

A friend of mine had one, he was living in Germany at that time. It worked fine as long as he was in Germany, eating up the Autobahn miles with no problems at all. Then he went to Sweden on holidays, and the car wouldn't start. Big problems to get it fixed, the car wasn't sold in Sweden so no mechanics was available to have a look at it. Finally a BMW mechanic came up from Germany, and he said the slower speeds allowed on Swedish roads was the problem. On German Autobahns it was running at the design speed with the motor breathing properly, in Sweden it was too slow so everything got clogged up and various kinds of gunk accumulating where it shouldn't be and at the end it just wouldn't run. On the way back to Germany my friend never used higher gears than 3rd, petrol for the journey set him back a fortune but the car worked ok the whole way.

[@F-Toyota]

Another revaluation in a few weeks. Niiiice.

[@browie316]

So much happened in the car world that I took for granted. Thanks so much for sharing what you do, amazing content.

[@06VistaBlueGT1]

The BEST car series of documentaries on KZbin! This one will be EPIC!!

[@avivhod4968]

Jason Camissa produces the absolute peak of automotive content on KZbin! Love it!

[@potatodonkey1856]

That car sounds so good. Love these episodes, Jason does a fantastic job. If he wasn’t the one doing the episodes, I probably wouldn’t watch them or just skip to the driving. Keep the good content coming Hagerty team

[@roykliffen9674]

I never was so much into cars or motor racing, but when the M1 came out I truly admired its lines; a thoroughbred for sure, but not so much spoiled by in-your-face styling. I'm a sucker for subdued design and the M1 made it onto my "if I had the money"-list with Aston Martin already on it.

[@Sharpened_Spoon]

Wow that sound! Not actually much a fan of its looks but the specs, interior and exhaust not never disappoint.

[@MP-wm9gb]

How Jason tell stories is how DAMN CAR JOURNALISM SHOULD BE DONE and this should be a standard! Jason, I freakin thank you and I am amazed by your work!!!!

[@chingompiew1]

That's awesome that it worked out for them in the end. Love the synthwave vibes you put into the video. It's so fitting. My first time hearing of this car. It looks just like a Delorean but with an 850i front and minus the gullwing doors. Awesome video.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Both Giugiaro of Ital Design, M1 evolution of BMW designer Paul Bracq's Turbo Concept.

[@Jbiglin]

When I was a teenager and Pete Rose played for the Phillies, he used to come into the restaurant I worked at for dinner at least once every 2-3 months. Whenever he did, I would go out to the parking lot and just stare at his M1 for 10-20 minutes. He is a great guy who back then was very cool to me and anyone else who pestered him for an autograph or quick discussion about the M1.

[@Fasteddiebreakshearts]

🏁🏁Well good lord sweet baby Jesus…Been waiting and enticingly anticipating another Revelations episode with my guy Jason Cammisa 😎🤙🏾

[@cefimar7252]

Welll, well, well, dearOdear, ordered my M1 Nr.296 in 1980 at Bimmer Park Lane, wanted it in factory black, got it delivered at Bracknell (driven from Munich by a presumably responsible factory driver), incredible driving enjoyment over 5 years in Europe and even USA, as Pan Am had offered an amazing deal to fly it LDN/MIA for 99 Quid or 99 In 'God we Trusts', can't remember, anyhow, it needed to fit on a pallet to qualify, which it did. Sadly and 'cleverly' sold it in '85....still in tears, specially after viewing this excellent report and wonder where it may be today, 2024? Congrats, and am working on 'time reversal', or at least reversing the calendar about 40 years. Will report when successful !

[@ash_ridzuan7]

Babe wake up. New Revelations episode has dropped.

[@peie04]

Jason is absolutely the very best car journalist. Period.

[@meffycodrin1853]

Jason is literally unable to miss...

[@Leo1991]

This show can never stop or change host! Jason is the freaking GOAT!

[@SuperMcgenius]

I hope to see you and Thomas and James from throttle house to do a couple of videos every year it’s really a good matchup of personalities, one American one Canadian, and one Brit. Love your productions and humour , also you seem to know stuff😂

[@bicyclexx7]

The most intriguing Automotive historical stories ever . Jason's storytelling is unsurpassed . Exceedingly entertaining as well as educational.

[@scottimusgarrett15]

Great, under-appreciated supercar. Thank you, Jason and crew, for yet another superlative episode. Y'all kill it! ✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Since it created M (who just celebrated 50th anniversay & are going stronger & more profitably than ever), under-appreciated may be putting it a little strongly. 507 didn't sell & now they auction for million$. M1 I6 also responsible for original M5 & M6.

[@michaelnolan7539]

I owned an E28 M5 for ten years. Sold it with 286,000km on it. It never had the engine or tranny out. It was bullet proof and sounded fantastic approaching red line.

[@HaidarAL]

seriously hagerty, ignition, and you jason are killing it. love everything you do. and love the editing. this is truly amazing and professional work. and best of all. it is for free, and not in the payment section of youtube. thanks for all that hard work and amazing show. very satisfying and entertaining and enjoyable episodes. my favorite episodes are all the episodes with the supra mk4. they are so perfectly edited and so much informative in excellent detail and depth. you are the goat of cars sine the old top gear ⚙️

[@shmeee_150]

Congratulations 🎉 You're one lucky soul🙂❣️ Contact the above to get your (car engine,tyres and headlights) Terms and Conditions apply

[@shmeee_150]

Congratulations 🎉 You're one lucky soul🙂❣️ Contact the above to get your (car engine,tyres and headlights) Terms and Conditions apply

[@dirksteffen9375]

Correction: the M1 eventually actually did race in Group 5 just shortly before Gr.5 change into Group C and got to show its potential (it was seriously quick). There had been built 2 chassis from the ground up to Gr.5 spec (and no spares) by the Sauber team of F1 fame in partnership with BMW and some seriously big name drivers raced them. The story how one of the two cars died in an fiery accident and only 1 of the 2 built survived to this day is an amazing story on its own.

[@richleineweber7279]

Also a BMW M1 won the 1981 IMSA GTO championship. They needed to do a little more research for the M1 racing history.

[@griffins750]

We’ve been waiting for this since it was mentioned in a Carmudgeon episode! 😂 Thanks for delivering in such stupendous fashion Jason! ❤

[@kevinsparks5611]

Dude I was having a bad day and when I saw that you had a new video out, on a vintage BMW M, and more than anything else on the M1 (which I got to see IRL at the BMW museum), well...That made me happy again!!!

[@joshuagibson2520]

I'm down for that LM002 intellectual thievery video. Please. Sooner than later.

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

When is the next Carmudgeon???

[@Hagerty]

Next Monday!

[@DarrenJMHughes]

I throughly enjoy these Revelations episodes and Jason is a natural presenting them. Please keep them coming

[@mathewhumvee]

BMW commemorate their M devision 50 years of motor sport dominance by creating a extremely large and ugly SUV...... YA perfect

[@117johnpar]

The drive footage and audio at the end is the sweetest cherry on top.

[@Mr.MidwestNomadFamily]

Still easily one of my favorite series on KZbin. Thanks!

[@FrankW1029]

the sound of the BMW straight-six has changed very little since then which is incredible. my first memory of the M1 was the Warhol's art M1.

[@jazzdub4958]

Never a fan of BMW cars beyond the 1990s, but if I could ever choose one to own, it's this true beauty. The M1 is simply beautiful.

[@d_a_nguyen4027]

This episode of Revelations is the pinnacle for me as a BMW fanatic & driver, the M division is my greatest inspiration for me becoming a hardcore motorsports enthusiast. Well done 👍👏😁🟦🟪🟥

[@jameswhite1910]

As someone who feels passionately about my 135i (with the full M package(s)), I understand the heritage of these cars a lot better now. Those of us who own these beautiful little cars feel that they are the inheritors of the M1 spirit; insanely performant, yet luxurious to drive as well. Folks talk about boosting performance... but why? 0-60 in under five seconds is fine, thank you. If I wanted to, I could bump up the brakes and HP for track - but that isn't why I bought it. I think this captures the M1 intentions very well.

[@munozrick]

In the 1970s, I remember one day seeing an M1 roll out of the BMW dealership in Stuttgart. Soooo pretty. I told my dad about it the next day; he then opened the newspaper and asked me if it was the same car in a photo accompanying an article. The photo showed the same M1 completely destroyed on a nearby country road. Both the driver and passenger died in the crash (both employees of the dealership). It was after this crash that (if I remember correctly) BMW required all M1 buyers to get trained on driving the car. With great power comes... The only other "road" car I've seen that impressed me more in person was the Mercedes C-111. But that's a whole other story.

[@QuelloVeloce7]

Alf raced one and it's at his shop in Tulsa where I practice supermoto

[@l1ckyd0g]

Saw one of these in the 1980's, and was so taken by it that I just stepped out onto the road andwalked right in front of the shocked driver (she was able to stop on a sixpence thank goodness) - still one of the most beautiful cars ever made.

[@LordPrometheous]

As a kid, my first fully digital proportional remote control car was a black BMW M1. It was an awesome car, way faster than anything I'd had prior, with realistic steering. I still miss that car.

[@keilmillerjr9701]

An old lady near my home daily drives a black M1 year round. It's awesome. Pop up up and down headlights!

[@seanbyrne5313]

I've never wanted a BMW before, I'd have an M1 though. What a legend told in this video, good job.

[@dougrobinson8602]

Never. Stop. Filming! Brilliant as usual, Jason!

[@matthines5150]

Fantastic episode on a truly remarkable machine.. and god that example being featured looks absolutely sensational - so hats off to its owners and thanks for sharing it for educational purposes. I think the only thing that was slightly overlooked was that M-Sport did produce some very competitive models from a racing perspective across the 80s-2000s - cars including e36/e46 in particular - that competed in a configuration not wholly removed from the commercial products. Agreeing that today’s racing cars are essentially bespoke machines sharing almost no components with their road-going siblings - and certainly that the badge has lost almost all of its race-bred cred… but it was a progression over the years that did produce some amazing “race Sunday, buy Monday” examples. Keep up the tremendous Moto journalism!!

[@AtrociousNightmare]

This series kicks so much ass. Jason is a treasure.

[@Lorgoth117]

Oh my goodness, the end of that video made me feel all kinds of ways. What a beautiful sound!

[@Kylirr]

You should add a pop-up link to the LM002 video you've made at the relevant timestamp.

[@EvolveAutomotive]

Amazing video Jason!

[@stanhall9324]

Saw one once, on the Munich-Salzburg autobahn. Must have been the late 70's or very early 80's, driving to Salzburg in my clapped-out Audi. I had just read an article about the M1 in one of the car magazines and recognized it as it flashed by. Quite a sight!

[@CarTrouble]

This series is outstanding, informative and truly entertaining. I think Jason might just be the most watchable person on youtube.

[@iAPX432]

The M1 was a fantasy of mine when I was teen. Yes that old. There's no other M car than the M1. There was a french comic about racing "Michel Vaillant" where this car was brilliantly used!