I NEED to test drive one of these

[CHITTY]

Not even a bit true. A soldier put in his order over here yesterday at the dealership I work at, and recieved the confirmation today of an August delivery. U.S. military sales has now sold 2 (one in K-town) one here now. Salesman told me today, cars are still pos. avail.

Yes you can still order one, but it's getting tough because dealerships are only alotted a certain number of 1M's and with a little over 300 dealers and 1000 units being produced, odds are not to good. Here is a link talking about the 1M production numbers and 1 year only production. http://www.bmwblog.com/2011/05/25/re...11/#more-60156

[mikeedler]

For the price of a 1M. I would buy a 135i, and do a bunch of bolt-ons. A chip makes about 30+ hp. So a few other things and your way passed were the 1M is and with some $$$ let over. (Maybe)

Its still not a 1M....... you can also make a 325i E30 faster than an E30 M3, but it still isnt an M.

From what I was told in Leipzig at the school house, the 1M used the N54 to keep prices down. there was VERY LITTLE money put into the development of the car-- all part are just leftovers from the E90 and such (even the subframe front and rear are 3 series parts). the motor is just a euro Z4 35i motor. the whole idea of the car was to see if there was any interest out there before the new models come out. the numbers of the amount to be built keep changing because they are being built on the same line as the X1 and all other 1er. the X1 is selling world wide much better than expected, therefore the 1M is being put to the side.

even the inner fenderwells are M3 parts!

[mikeedler]

Talked to a master tech about the 1M last week. only 600 coming stateside and they're ALL already spoken for.

Not even a bit true. A soldier put in his order over here yesterday at the dealership I work at, and recieved the confirmation today of an August delivery. U.S. military sales has now sold 2 (one in K-town) one here now. Salesman told me today, cars are still pos. avail.

[mrsleeve]

How about a left nut....

thats a thought, but I prefer to keep my man orbs in the velvet bag, thank you

[T3rd Ferguson]

what's the correlation between working on them for a living and knowing how many units the factory is producing?

i'm sure there isn't one, it's just info I heard and thought I would pass along.

[AirplaneBuilder]

I want on so badly I would nearly trade my left arm for it, but then how would I steer it while changing gears ????

How about a left nut....

[mkcman17]

and still gets better mpg than my e30...

[8380 Labs]

hmm, really? weird. my friend is a master tech as well and he said 1000 units

what's the correlation between working on them for a living and knowing how many units the factory is producing?

[5Toes]

The orange is hot as hell

[87e30]

I just wish it had an s54 ish motor with more like 370 hp.

[DuMa]

im sold by the top gear review because jeremy doesnt usually like any car without really giving his best thrashing on it. and he basically said there werent anything wrong with the 1M.

the orange is awful though, they really shouldve used a classic color to market the 1M. Imola Red, Alpine White, Laguna Seca Blue, anything besides that awful Orange. also im not too fond with the M car styling in the past 5-6 years. bumpers look hideous. other than those 2 things, i think the car is very top notch and e30 m3 like.

[KamakaziX]

I'll bet the real issue is that a 200$ tune will make this faster than the M3 and it's sales would be comprimised.
The 1M is growing on me, not the crap orange though. Would own one in the future, but if they're really that limited, the price won't crash down to like E36 M3 territory.

^ Truth.

[CHITTY]

For the price of a 1M. I would buy a 135i, and do a bunch of bolt-ons. A chip makes about 30+ hp. So a few other things and your way passed were the 1M is and with some $$$ let over. (Maybe)

We have already sold a 135i customer all of the suspension parts to convert over to the 1M specs. I priced out the body panels just to see what it would cost, and yes you would be cheaper if you bought a used 135i for low blue book and added all of the pieces that would make up the performace side of the 1M. Btw did you guys see the one dealer in California ( I think it was Pacific BMW) with the $40,000 mark up! That's Z8 markup back in the heyday when stocks were good and people had money to blow.

[pharow]

For the price of a 1M. I would buy a 135i, and do a bunch of bolt-ons. A chip makes about 30+ hp. So a few other things and your way passed were the 1M is and with some $$$ let over. (Maybe)

[blck325is]

I would love to test drive that beast..