BMW M-series : 50 years of ultimate driving machines.

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Cover CONTENTS FOREWORD 1 The Power to Win: Inside the performance culture of BMW’s M Division 2 Motorsport Is in BMW’s Blood: A century of success on two wheels and four, in F1, Touring Cars, Le Mans—and in the air 3 From Racetrack to Road: The heat of competition breeds brilliant cars for BMW customers 4 M1: The Elegant Inspiration: The BMW supercar that became an icon—and how it nearly didn’t make it into production 5 The 1980s: M3, M5, M6—the Gen-1 Favorites: First generation M-Division customer cars deliver dazzling performance 6 The 1990s: Hitting the Big Time: Six-cylinder M3 and V-8 M5 raise the dynamic benchmark ever higher 7 The 2000s: Peak Performance, Peak Complexity: More cylinders, more revs, more power and speed—and arguably the best M3 of all 8 Excursion Off-Road: The M SUVs Contentious at first, the hotshot X5M and X6M soon won the world over 9 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos—M Takes a Chance: From the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS 10 The 2020s: M2, M3, M4, M5—Turbocharged to Perfection: Back in top form with spectacular speed and driver appeal 11 M6, M8: The High-End Coupés: Lavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success? 12 M SUVs Spark Off a Race for Power: The need for speed pushes M’s heavyweight 4x4s into the 600-hp club 13 Turning Down the Heat: The Nearly-M Cars: M-Performance models are a tempting halfway point to full-house M Cars 14 Shaping the M Story: Inside the Design Studio: How does an M Car stand out from the crowd? Secrets from chief designer Marcus Syring’s studio 15 Today, Tomorrow, and into an Electric Future: CEO Markus Flasch on why zero-emissions M Cars will deliver even more thrills ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX A B C D E F G H I K L M N P Q R S T V W X Z