Italdesign’s Sexy BMW Nazca M12 Concept Could be Yours for $1.1 million

One of the most memorable concept models from the decade that brought us grunge, the internet, Playstation and the Prius, is Italdesign’s series of BMW Nazca supercar studies. Designed by the great Giorgetto Giugiaro who was also responsible for BMW’s production M1 sports car, the Nazca M12 made its debut in 1991 and was followed in by a more hardcore version called the Nazca C2 in 1992 and an open-top Spider C2 model in 1993.

Now, one of the Nazca concepts has been put up for sale by a dealer located in the Czech Republic. The car seen here is based on the body of the 1991 Nazca M12 but features an Alpina-prepped 5.7-liter V12 engine (sourced from the 750i / 850i of the era) producing 379HP.

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Barely Driven BMW M1 with Less than 3,000 Miles on the Odo up for Sale on eBay

Today’s eBay find brings us a seemingly immaculate BMW M1 from 1980 that’s offered up for an undisclosed price. One of 455 (albeit some bring this number down to 451) examples ever built, this one is finished in a classic red hue with a black interior. Claimed to be in original condition, the seller says it has been driver a mere 4,418 kilometers or 2,747 miles since it left the Bavarian automaker’s factory some 31 years ago.

According to the eBay listing, the M1 was “garaged for all of its life and pampered” in a German private residence, before it was imported in the U.S. having surpassed the 25-year age requirement. At the time we wrote this article, the current bid on the car was US$130,500, but the reserve had not been met.

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Bmw m1 2011

BMW launch the prototype BMW M1in the year of 2011. This M1 use Big flared wheel arches house 19 inch wheels and tires with big vented brakes. The the 2011 BMW M1 specialy to the younger audience the BMW is going to target with this car. 2011 BMW M1 use a juiced-up version of the 3.0-liter twin-turbo straight-six and the 535i’s 3.0-liter turbo charged inline-6 for power , but will most likely incorporate two turbos instead of one.
New BMW M1 has some features include, the same platform as the Vision ED Concept – a 1.5 litre 3-pot engine coupled to electric motors with 356bhp and a sub-4 second 0-60mph – but dump the glass doors whilst retaining many of the styling cues from the Vison ED, with a splash of BMW M1 Homage thrown in to the mix.
The BMW M1 is a beautiful exotic car running on a 3.5 Liter Inline-6 engine, capable of 243.4lb-ft@5500rpm / 277bhp@6500rpm.The BMW M1 is able to accelerate from 0-60 mph in only 6.2 s and reaches a top speed of 161.6 mph.This cool exotic car uses a 5-Speed Manual transmission and weights 3404 lbs.
The all new BMW 1 Series Coupe, tweaked by the company’s M-Technik division, is reportedly under development for UK release in mid-2011. Destined to slot beneath the M3 Coupe, the smaller 1 Series Coupe is said to feature a modified twin-turbocharged six-cylinder packing 350 horsepower. The aluminum engine will be mated to a standard six-speed dual-clutch gearbox with an electronically-controlled rear M differential. With a curb weight of just over 3,300 pounds and easily making more than 310 lb-ft of torque, the newest M-car will breeze past 60 mph in well under five seconds without breaking a sweat (for comparison’s sake, BMW claims the 135i takes 5.2 seconds but publications like Car and Driver have hit 60 mph in the 4.7-second range)

bmw m1 2012

 2012 BMW M1 is expected to be released in Early 2012. New M1 will be a plug-in hybrid. For performance BMW plans on including two electric motors, which will be powered by 98 lithium powercells. BMW M1 will get an impressive 356 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque. Initial tests say that the M1 will go from 0-60 in 4.8 seconds. In the exterior, BMW is designing it to be particularly aerodynamic. M1 is a two-door

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