In honor of BMW Motorsport's 40 year commitment to blurring the line between everyday driver and mid-life crisis automobile here's a video walk around of my favorite M car, the original M Coupe.
Making its debut in 1998, it was an audacious project for the M team. Essentially the BMW top brass said: "Make a car that will beat the Porsche 911 around the Nürburgring. We don't care what it looks like."
The resulting automobile drew criticism for its aesthetics from enthusiast and editors alike. However there was no denying that the M division had produced the most powerful, best handling M car yet. Its outward appearance may have been a little too far ahead of its time, but once behind the wheel everyone agreed the difference was oh-so-good.
Happy birthday BMW M, and here's to another 40 years of Ultimate Driving Machines.
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