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We’ve been hearing a lot about an M version of the 1-Series as of recently, but according to sources, the model has yet to be given the green light for production. While M division boss Kay Segler is all game for the compact pocket rocket, BMW has yet to make a business case for it.<\/p>\n
“The thing you have to remember about BMW is that every model must make money, so the question is: could we make this happen with a 1-series M? Besides, what would you call it? You couldn’t call it an M1,” said an executive at the launch of the new 2011 BMW 5-Series.<\/p>\n
As for Dr. Norbert Reithofer – when asked by PistonHeads<\/em> whether or not we’ll see an M version of the 1-Series he replied: “A 1-series M? That might be a good idea…”<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Word on the street is that if the M 1-Series happens, it will be powered by a 3.0L turbocharged straight 6-cylinder unit, modified to produce around 350-hp.<\/p>\n – By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n Source: PistonHeads<\/p>\n We’ve been hearing a lot about an M version of the 1-Series as of recently, but according to sources, the model has yet to be given the green light for production. While M division boss Kay Segler is all game for the compact pocket rocket, BMW has yet to make a business case for it. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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