Posted on: Oct 12, 2012 | 20,340 reads

BMW 1 Series Coupe Gets M5's V10

For 20,000 Euros you can transform a 1 Series into a baby-M with 550 horsepower.

BMW only built 2,700 units of the 1 Series M Coupe, and as the hot coupe sold like hot cakes, replicas like this by TJ Fahrzeugdesign were bound to crop up.

Based on the 1 Series, the replica baby-M comes with wider bumpers, bigger fenders and a retuned 5.0-liter V10 taken from the previous M5. The stock unit developed 507 horsepower and 380 pound-feet of torque, but this particular engine manages an additional 43 hp and could only be fitted by shortening the driveshaft.

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Next, the German tuner lifted the M5's SMG automated-manual gearbox and borrowed the brakes from the X6 M. KW was used for the suspension, and completing the project is a set of 20-inch alloys. So far tests have shown the ten-cylinder 1M coupe replica to be capable of a 4.2-second 0-62 mph sprint time and a top speed of 202 mph. Interested parties will have to shell out 20,000 Euros for the upgrade program and wait 350 hours for it to be completed.

by Adam Lynton
BMW 1 Series Coupe Gets M5's V10

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