BMW M1 Homage Beauty Footage

When BMW decided to create a Homage to the legendary M1 supercar, the designers could be forgiven for thinking they have quite a daunting task and judging by the mixed reactions that our loyal WCF readers have given so far, the jury is still well and truly out on this one.

But for those of you who are still undecided or just want to get see the concept in more detail, we have the first video taken from the 2008 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, slowly showing all the fine details. Continue watching until the end of the video to see it next to the original.

The mid-engine design study was created to mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW M1 and there are no indications that this will ever make it to production.

 

 

Source: BMW AG

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 wisp wisp
Still ugly.
April 30, 2008 11:10 am
 mathewalanfisher mathewalanfisher
What an ugly front end. If you pause it at 2:00 it looks like the Predator when he took his mask off.
April 30, 2008 11:25 am
 kevoluetion kevoluetion
HAHAHAHA or the predalien
April 30, 2008 11:09 pm
 The_woo_factor The_woo_factor
Hahah...good one mathewalangisher!
May 1, 2008 8:19 am
 saint_dracula saint_dracula
I haven't a clue what everyone's on about - this thing's gorgeous
April 30, 2008 1:07 pm
 j.contreras2172 j.contreras2172
Yeah it's gorgeous, after a six pack of beers!
April 30, 2008 3:47 pm
zzzz... they tend to hate it for the sake of hate.
April 30, 2008 6:51 pm
 out4ride out4ride
This is not the ugliest Bmw it is the ugliest car period. I am speechless. Who design this "thing" for Bmw? Kia could do it better.
April 30, 2008 9:25 pm
 Paulds Paulds
C??mon, it is not that ugly.... hehehe
April 30, 2008 9:36 pm
 nendor nendor
i like the 6 series more
April 30, 2008 10:26 pm
 BabyMilo BabyMilo
i second Wisp, still ugly... oh and just for the record the 6 series is a kool as car!
May 1, 2008 6:25 am
 lucifa lucifa
look at it over a few days. ive just done that, and its growing on me. its like the 5 i guess; it takes a while but you start to learn to like it. still not a fan of the side profile of the front and the rear lights are just useless, but apart from that its starting to look nice... thats a surprise...
May 1, 2008 9:06 am
 greenacre greenacre
this is a visual masterpiece in my opinion. definately a great 'homage' to the now 30 year old M1.
May 1, 2008 9:07 am
 omardarwish55 omardarwish55
It looks so bad if it's to compete with the SLR for example ... but for the job as a "homage to the M1" I like how it resembles the original M1 .... cuz the original M1 didn't look that good either ! so imagine a similar "not so good" design 30 years later, it just wont look any better of course
May 1, 2008 2:01 pm
 maddawg0 maddawg0
Its a cool paint job, but like someone has pointed out on autoblog.... it looks like they designed and made this car in 15 minutes
May 2, 2008 4:05 am
 leeryboy90 leeryboy90
Everybody must know what is it commenting on!! Do not talk about BMW like that. The BMW knows what to do & what is the better
October 31, 2008 5:11 am
 leeryboy90 leeryboy90
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October 31, 2008 5:17 am