1981 BMW M1

Sold for $692,500 at 2022 Broad Arrow Auctions : Monterey Jet Center Auction.
Approximately 453 examples of the BMW M1 were built with 399 of those destined for the road. Around two or three examples left the factory finished in black complemented by black leather seats with checked black cloth inserts. By 1998, the car had been exported to the United States and was in the care of Langdon Wheeler of Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the time, it had fewer than 10,000 miles on the odometer. The car's speedometer/odometer currently displays MPH and was likely installed upon the car's importation to the United States, therefore the exact total mileage is unknowable.

It is believed that Mr. Wheeler is the car's third owner, and the exact importation to the United States is not known.

The M1 passed through the hands of two subsequent US-based owners, with one keeping the car for nearly a decade, before it was acquired by Bill Fleischman in 2011. In 2018, the car was given a comprehensive service at DIRO of Harbor City, California, during which oil & filter were changed, cooling and fuel systems were flushed, the throttle linkage was adjusted, and the brake calipers were rebuilt.

By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2022