The prospect of a German supercar in the 1970s had the tenor of something that simply shouldn’t be done, like the Italians producing a mass-market station wagon for the states. But as BMW lacked the chops to build a production supercar with a mid-engine design, they decided to outsource. BMW commissioned none other than the house of Lamborghini to build the car using a BMW powertrain. The plan was to build the M1 alongside the super-exotic Lamborghini Countach. Famed designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, known for such beauties as the Ferrari 250 GT Bertone and the Maserati Bora, penned the M1 using the rare gullwinged 1972 BMW Turbo concept car as styling inspiration. For more visit http://gearpatrol.com/2013/07/22/octane-icon-bmw-m1/?utm_content=buffera7f62&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

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