The 2011 BMW 1M is what we've finally been waiting for from the Bavarians. It's a simple car that brings back a hint of the E30 M3, one of the hallowed M GmbH products.
But everyone wants to know two things:
1) Is it that good?
2) Is it faster than the M3?
I can answer one thing -- yes, it is that good.
SportAuto can answer the second question, albeit, it is a bit of a loaded question.
With that said, onto the results! Are you impressed?
An earlier Sportauto review already mentioned the 1M's amazing performance at Hockenheim of 1:14.1, which is not only some tenths of a second faster than the Audi TT-RS and 1.3 seconds faster than the RS 3 but also faster than any E9x M3 ever tested by Sportauto.
At the Nürburgring things were a bit different though. The 1M did pretty well and had the lap done in 8 minutes 15 seconds, thus beating the 987.5 Porsche Cayman S by 2 seconds and the Audi RS 3 by no less than 5 seconds. However, Sportauto felt like the 1M could have been even faster if it wasn't for the stiff suspension that didn't seem to work perfectly on certain bumpy sections of the Nurburgring...
[Source: 1addicts]
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