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Originally Posted by IS3andME
BMW has never had a super car. So why start now? The M1 was a sports car, that didn't compete with Lamborghini or Ferrari, but was more on the level of the 911 Turbo. The closest connection to supercar status is the F1, which was seriously considering Mercedes power.
So, unless some BMW M engineers got some of the BMW AG executives hookers, and rented a AMG GT and took pictures of them is said car with said hookers, then there may never be a business case for a supercar from BMW.
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You are mistaken if you say that the M1 was not a supercar. It is a much better supercar than the Countach and Testarossa: similar performance (mid 5 secs 0-60) but can be used as a daily driver...
Read this article from Car and Driver (from 1981):
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...the-m1-feature