BMW M1 poised to set new records at auction

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RM Sotheby's estimates that this rare, low-mileage BMW M1 will fetch as much as $1 million, setting a new record for its type when it goes up for sale in New York next month.

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BMW M1 poised to set new records at auction originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Xcar celebrates 100-year anniversary with Model T tribute

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The British duo at Xcar take a sepia-tinged look at the car that started the mass-market automotive adventure, the Ford Model T.

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Xcar celebrates 100-year anniversary with Model T tribute originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BMW M1 really was the Ultimate Driving Machine

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BMW M1

Life giving you lemons? Make lemonade. That's the spirit in Munich that lead to BMW producing the only mid-engined sports car in its 98-year history. The project resulted from a collaboration with Lamborghini (now owned, incidentally, by arch-rival Audi) to meet Group 4 homologation requirements. Lamborghini withdrew, the FIA changed its rules, but BMW built it anyway.

Arguably one of Giorgetto Giugiaro's finest designs, the M1 packed a 3.5-liter inline-six, driving 273 horsepower to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual. The Procar racing version turbocharged that output up to 850 hp and attracted the top drivers in a one-make F1 support race series.

Over the course of three years, the Bavarian automaker only built 456 examples of the M1, and for BMW enthusiasts, there's no vehicle more coveted. But don't take our word for it - let Petrolicious tell one noteworthy owner's tale in the video below.

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BMW M1 really was the Ultimate Driving Machine originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 29 May 2014 12:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Europe’s most-wanted classic car is… the Ford Mustang?

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1964 Ford Mustang

Over the span of its 49 years and five generations, the Ford Mustang has held a special place in the hearts of automotive enthusiasts in the US, but, as it turns out, this car is also very popular amongst European car lovers. Earlier this summer, AutoScout24 - a new and used car shopping site in Europe - polled around 75,000 European "car lovers" (not sure how they vetted the respondents) to see which cars were the most popular, and the Mustang came out on top over iconic European classics like the BMW M1 and Volkswagen Beetle.

In the whole of Europe, 37 percent of those polled dream of owning a Mustang, but that number jumps in individual countries like Austria (42 percent) and Spain (41 percent). Rounding out the top five popular classics in Europe are the Mini and Citroën 2CV. Find out which cars made up the rest of the top 10 in the press release posted below.

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Europe's most-wanted classic car is... the Ford Mustang? originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2013 Monterey Motorsports Reunion

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2013 Monterey Motorsports Reunion

The entry list for all of the events in this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion totaled 15 single-spaced pages long. That's explains how the field for this past weekend's Trans-Am race contained 41 cars, which is a larger field than ever competed in a real Trans-Am race.

The hero car in the photo above is a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport driven by Bruce Canepa, who won the Group 5A event for 1963-1966 GT Cars over 2500cc. Also on track throughout the day were pre-war racers like a 1932 MG NE and other two-up English entries, the original Morgan 3 Wheeler, sky blue single-seat French competitors like a 1934 Bugatti Type 59, and the high-driving red devils from Alfa Romeo and Maserati. Post-war treats include a BMW M1, Ferrari 250 GTO SWB, and bulbous, Speed Racer-looking Can-Am monsters.

Click on our huge high-res gallery above and enjoy a leisurely stroll back through time.

2013 Monterey Motorsports Reunion originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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