{"id":9622,"date":"2020-02-14T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=9622"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:52:29","slug":"bmw-m1-carte-de-france-83-ixo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/bmw-m1-carte-de-france-83-ixo\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW M1 \u201cCarte de France\u201d #83 – Ixo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1980 BMW M1 \u201cCarte de France\u201d #83<\/strong>\nPilots: D. Pironi, D. Quester, M. Mignot\nTeam: BMW France<\/em>\nRace: 14th overall (4th in IMSA class) at Le Mans in 1980<\/strong>\nIxo - LMC 159 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 02\/14\/20<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though having fantastic good looks and promising specs, the BMW M1 failed as a race car. At the time it came out, the Porsche 935<\/a> dominated the racing world. But compared to Porsche\u2019s turbo beast, the M1 was heavy, under-powered and unreliable – especially for endurance racing. Even so, a few teams invested in the car, and took them to the track. Though not exactly a privateer, BMW France was one such team. With official support from BMW\u2019s racing department, they fielded the M1 #83<\/a> in the IMSA class of the 1980 24 Heures du Mans<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To this day the M1 is BMW’s most iconic model of the late 70s and early 80s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
However, what really made the car stand out was the livery. In a true art car fashion, car #83 had a livery that was a map of France, with all the BMW dealerships marked. With that, it became known as the \u201cCarte de France\u201d M1<\/strong>. The IMSA class that year had a grid divided by Porsches (935), Ferraris (512BB) and three BMWs (M1). There were two \u201cregular\u201d M1 and a third with a highly modified body. Of the M1, the Carte de France finished best, in 14th place overall and fourth in the IMSA class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 Yes, that’s an accurate map of France. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Though the results of car #83 were kind of lacking, conversely the Carte de France livery was a success. Designed to draw attention to the M1 and BMW, it grabbed a lot of headlines, especially in France. It\u2019s probably the best known M1 to ever race at La Sarthe and paved the way for the M\u00fcnchen M1<\/a> that raced in 1981. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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M\u00fcnchen M1 + Carte de France M1 = M1 art cars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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To a regular Le Mans collector it may not be very desirable, but for one who also likes art cars? Ah, then it\u2019s a must buy. I had this one in 1:18 from Minichamps and it was high on my list as soon as I started collecting 1:43. Unfortunately though the Minichamps version is not common to find, and the one from Quartzo is too shabby. So when Ixo released it last year, I was really looking forward to it. And Ixo delivered: a very<\/strong> nice model, in league with their current offerings. I\u2019m very satisfied with it, and have the impression that it\u2019s better than the (older) Minichamps version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1980 BMW M1 \u201cCarte de France\u201d #83 Pilots: D. Pironi, D. Quester, M. Mignot Team: BMW France Race: 14th overall (4th in IMSA class) at Le Mans in 1980 Ixo – LMC 159 (diecast) Published 02\/14\/20 Though having fantastic good looks and promising specs, the BMW M1 failed as a race car. At the time … Continue reading “BMW M1 \u201cCarte de France\u201d #83 – Ixo”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9622","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9622"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15309,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9622\/revisions\/15309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}