{"id":824569,"date":"2024-03-03T01:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T01:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?page_id=824569"},"modified":"2024-03-23T18:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:05:50","slug":"bmw-m-cars-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/bmw\/bmw-m-cars-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW M Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">BMW M Cars<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The M division was started by BMW in the Spring of 1972. This specialist tuning arm of BMW started out with just a handful of enthusiastic employees who happened to know a thing or two about getting the most out of a BMW. First they focused on BMW\u2019s racing program and then they focused on road cars as well, the goal being to combine BMW motorsport DNA and create production cars with unrivaled performance, fine dynamics and pure driving dynamics, all while still keeping alive the traditional BMW comfort and luxury pieces too. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#block-wrap-91137\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Full Model List <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">\/ <\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-48430\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Models In-Depth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-70424\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Image Gallery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-67007\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Best BMW M Cars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2021-BMW-M4-Competition-019-1536.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Every BMW M Car<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The very first BMW road car to be blessed with the now iconic BMW M badge was he BMW M1. Essentially a homologation special, the production M1 was sold so BMW Motorsport could send it racing. Launched in 1978, the M1 is the only ever mid-engined M car. It featured supercar looks, performance, and was also supercar expensive, costing over \u00a32,000 more than a Ferrari BB12. Although its focus remained on racing, BMW Motorsport followed up on the M1 with M versions of the 6-series coupe (M635CSi) and 5-series sedan (M535i) in the early 1980s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">In 1984, the inline-six from the M1 found its way under the hoods of the M635CSi coupe and M5. The first M3 arrived in 1986; an E30-based model created to fulfill racing homologation rules. In 1997, BMW would release its Z3 E36\/37 M Roadster\/Coupe and over twenty years after the debut of the first-generation M3, BMW released the E92 M3 Coupe in 2007. The E39 M5 was another turning point in M-car history thanks to the BMW M5 getting a big V8 powerplant. With 394bhp and 62mph met in just 4.8 seconds, the M5 was a properly supersaloon and M-cars were never the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">The E46 M3 was still a straight six with its 3.2-litres and 338bhp naturally aspirated heart howl, made even more extreme in the E46 M3 CSL, but it was clear BMW was going to push for a lot more power in coming generations. Since those days, BMW has slapped the M badge on dozens of cars, including SUVs. While these cars are definitely special and fast, we still have a real fondness for the earlier BMW M models.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2009-BMW-M3-GTS-001-1200.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Best BMW M Cars Ever Created<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">We Pick The Eleven Greatest M BMW Cars<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">It may have started on the racetrack, but BMW enthusiasts took M for their own joyride \u2013 bringing high performance engines and aerodynamic design to everyday roads. BMW&#8217;s M division builds some of the hottest and most technically advanced performance cars on the market. That didn&#8217;t happen by accident, as the automaker&#8217;s history clawed its way to the front of the pack by way of hard-earned motorsports experience and a willingness to try new and novel technologies in its street machines.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW M Cars The M division was started by BMW in the Spring of 1972. This specialist tuning arm of BMW started out with just a handful of enthusiastic employees who happened to know a thing or two about getting the most out of a BMW. 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