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1981 BMW M1 Coupé

France • 30 Jan 2026 • Lot 142

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1981 BMW M1 Coupe, one of approximately 450 ever built, boasts a well-documented history with single-family ownership for most of its life and comprehensive service records. It features a striking Inka Orange exterior, a black leather Recaro bucket seat interior, and recent maintenance work, making it a highly desirable and usable classic supercar.

Condition

7

The car has been enjoyed and used, with 141,000 kilometers on the odometer. There's evidence of regular maintenance, but also the need for some replacements like the clutch and cooling water pipes. The description mentions that there is slight wear visible.

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87,613 miles

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• One of only some 450 built • Delivered new in Germany • Single family ownership from new until very recently • Comprehensive mostly main-agent service history • Registered in Germany A proposed Group 5 'Silhouette Formula' for production-based cars triggered the M1 programme in the mid-1970s, a mid-engined concept car designed in-house at BMW by Paul Bracq providing the basis.

Head of BMW's newly formed Motorsport Division, former racing driver Jochen Neerpasch was responsible for masterminding this ambitious project, whose aims included taking on rivals Porsche in the World Sportscar Championship and, ultimately, victory at Le Mans.

M1 development was contracted first to Lamborghini and then to Giorgetto Giugiaro's Ital Design, although almost all cars ended up being built by BMW in Germany.

Giugiaro's compact coupé bodywork in glassfibre was wrapped around a multi-tubular spaceframe chassis, while a twin-overhead-cam, four-valves-per-cylinder version of BMW's 3.5-litre inline si...