Hot Lap! 2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe

Every car in the 2011 Motor Trend Best Drivers Car competition was lapped around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca by hot shoe Randy Pobst. Our next competitor, the BMW 1 Series M Coupe.

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Shot by: Jim Gleason, Gordon Green, Duane Sempson, Corey Denomy
Edited by: Gordon Green

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[70chevelle8]

i like the 3 wheel action at the beginning

[rehsa2194]

slower than a mustang? WTF. 10 yrs ago who woulda saw that coming lol. Still its a nice car, just overpriced

[dvcbuis]

@TheVengefulCo funny how u can tell the engineers how they should have done it while u havent even driven it

[TheVengefulCo]

Looks like a fun car but the chassis just looks like it's no good. Understeers a lot from what I see in the video and thanks to the torque overdrive or whatever they call it, it looks like it will just snap into oversteer without warning. Suspension looks too stiff for the chassis as well, its just so short and small that it just cant put it down properly. Plus they need to redo the steering. Still a sweet little car

[shoticko]

common man slide it for once!!

[Thesaxoracle]

@rehsa2194 Considering that there was the Mustang SVT Cobra R 10 years ago and the 1 series didn't exist then, I saw it coming.

[luimarco]

@rehsa2194 What's So Suprising??? The Stang has 110 more Horses, No Back Seats, A roll cage and Adjustable suspension and it managed to be Faster only by 2 seconds?? not impressive AT ALL Son

[themisiek2]

@rehsa2194 This car wasn't built for fastest laps but for fun. Watch any review.

[SebsMech89]

1:50 - 1:56 What a shot!!!

[Sadfhorde]

@henryadamsiv good one

[gamers209]

Very nice, I love the 1M and everuything about it. Plus Laguna is such a nice track and is fun to drive on. I love to lap this thing in Forza too bad I can't do it for real.

[PoorIllyrian]

All american car company get insipration out of europe cars (since they have only nascar) which is = drag race when we have F1 for performance... bcos 60 % of americans drive europe cars some one like @rehsa2194 compare M1 with mustang :D which is bigger more hp and tourqe not even same class but what we can say they are americans (chuckle) all they know is big engine alot horspower dosnt have to be balanced as bmw cars are.... it does have high price bcos is rare car only few ppl can have one