I was a little tempted to end in the 60s. After all, we know what happened to BMW from the 70s on, right?

Well, there's one more diversion that I think is worth taking a look at. And that's BMW's (currently) only production mid-engined car, the M1. It had a convoluted birth, with input from Dallara and production intended to be by Lamborghini. Lambo, though, was in a bit of a mess so BMW took them back in-house.

Also notable for the Procar series, I've posted a couple of Procar pics before on the forum. The M1 was originally intended to race in Group 5 as well, but FISA changed the rules and the Group 4-spec cars were instead roped into a one-make series supporting some of the F1 Grand Prix races in 1979 and 1980. They even used some of the F1 drivers for the races and the names of the two champions should be familiar: Niki Lauda in '79 and Nelson Piquet in '80.