{"id":519767,"date":"2010-04-07T20:02:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T00:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=18474"},"modified":"2010-04-07T20:02:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T00:02:35","slug":"is-this-the-bmw-1-series-m-%e2%80%93-spied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/519767","title":{"rendered":"Is This the BMW 1-series M? \u2013 Spied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/spied\/10q2\/is_this_the_bmw_1-series_m_-spied\/gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18475\" title=\"BMW-1-series-M-plct\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/BMW-1-series-M-plct-440x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While a 135is likely is still in the cards, our sources say BMW\u2019s M division plans to work its magic on the 1-series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A pirate is someone who undertakes war-like attacks without government assent. &#8220;Pyrat,&#8221; on the other hand, is the latest buzzword at M GmbH\u2014more on that in a second.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-18474\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>M GmbH, of course, is BMW&#8217;s high-performance division, headed since last May by BMW executive Kay Segler. We&#8217;ve met Segler many times and can attest to the fact that he did good things at Mini, where he worked prior to taking the reins at M. Segler got off to an excellent start with the Euro-only limited-edition <a onclick=\"var  x=&quot;.tl(&quot;;s_objectID=&quot;http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/car\/09q4\/2010_bmw_m3_gts-car_news_1&quot;;return  this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/car\/09q4\/2010_bmw_m3_gts-car_news\" >M3 GTS<\/a> and now he will make a permanent mark on every enthusiast&#8217;s map with a planned 1-series variant. While we\u2019re still expecting to see a 135is offered with a higher-output turbocharged inline-six\u2014like in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/reviews\/car\/10q1\/2011_bmw_335is_coupe-first_drive_review\">335is<\/a>\u2014our sources confirm that Segler\u2019s division is crafting an M version of the compact <a onclick=\"var  x=&quot;.tl(&quot;;s_objectID=&quot;http:\/\/buyersguide.caranddriver.com\/bmw\/1-series_4&quot;;return  this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true\" href=\"http:\/\/buyersguide.caranddriver.com\/bmw\/1-series\" >1-series coupe<\/a>. It\u2019s code-named project &#8220;Pyrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keep Reading: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/spied\/10q2\/is_this_the_bmw_1-series_m_-spied\">Is This the BMW 1-series M? &#8211; Spied<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No related posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While a 135is likely is still in the cards, our sources say BMW\u2019s M division plans to work its magic on the 1-series. A pirate is someone who undertakes war-like attacks without government assent. &#8220;Pyrat,&#8221; on the other hand, is the latest buzzword at M GmbH\u2014more on that in a second. M GmbH, of course, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6406,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519767","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\/6406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}