Car Quiz #1

[BaseRSX]

BMW has had the "Motorsport" division for more than 30 years. This is their premium line of cars most famous today is the M3.

Their first M car was the M1 which was actually designed by another auto company, not BMW. Just the engine in the M1 was designed and built by BMW.

What car company designed the M1 and what did the "M" originally stand for before BMW changed it to "Motorsport"?

BaseRSX Reviewed by BaseRSX on 01-22-2006. Car Quiz #1 BMW has had the "Motorsport" division for more than 30 years. This is their premium line of cars most famous today is the M3. Their first M car was the M1 which was actually designed by another auto company, not BMW. Just the engine in the M1 was designed and built by BMW. What car company designed the M1 and what did the "M" originally stand for before BMW changed it to "Motorsport"? Rating: 5

[endo..jay]

Baur, i think was guna be Lambo but at the time they were too poor

im pretty sure the M stands for mid-engine could be wrong though

[beachguy in thongs]

What car company designed the M1 and what did the "M" originally stand for before BMW changed it to "Motorsport"?

Ford Miracle

[beachguy in thongs]

Wait, it can't be Ford.

Fuerd Miracle

[BaseRSX]

Baur, i think was guna be Lambo but at the time they were too poor

im pretty sure the M stands for mid-engine could be wrong though

Yes, both are correct! Lamborghini did design and style the car.

Even though the M1 achieved great success in the racing circuits, because of it complicated and troubled production process with Lamborghini and the fact that parts of the car were being built all over the place in a handful of different plants, (they were only able to make about 2 cars a week!!!) the BMW execs decided they hated it even before the first one rolled off the production line. Because of this BMW decided to drop their whole mid-engine car line plans and changed the â??Mâ?� from meaning â??mid-engineâ?� to â??Motorsportâ?�.

To this day BMW has never made another production mid-engine car.

[BaseRSX]

And here is a little M1 trivia that only a total car geek like me would know. In the movie "Scarface" they show an outside shot of one of the clubs that Tony goes to. In this 3 or 4 second shot you can see a red M1 parked outside.

[Funkamander]

I'm gonna start crackin' skulls pretty fucking soon.

This is also NOT a quiz. It's a SINGLE FUCKING QUESTION!


You know what? I'm gonna go put ONE Cheerio in a bowl, add a drop of milk, and call it a bowl of cereal. Then, I'm going to your house, and I'm gonna ram it up your ass until my shoulder's touching prostate.

[BaseRSX]

I'm gonna start crackin' skulls pretty fucking soon.

This is also NOT a quiz. It's a SINGLE FUCKING QUESTION!


You know what? I'm gonna go put ONE Cheerio in a bowl, add a drop of milk, and call it a bowl of cereal. Then, I'm going to your house, and I'm gonna ram it up your ass until my shoulder's touching prostate.

If you look at it, it was 2 questions, therefore by definition it IS A QUIZ!!! And if you donâ??t like it stay the fuck out of the threads!!!... tough guy.

Whatâ??s the deal with all the dumb kids making threats in posts?? I think there needs to be some banning going on.

[Funkamander]

Nice try, broseph, but 2 q's ain't a quiz either.

3 or more. Them's the rules.

If you don't like them,


I'll murder you.

[BaseRSX]

Nice try, broseph, but 2 q's ain't a quiz either.

3 or more. Them's the rules.

If you don't like them,


I'll murder you.

Hey idiot, here is the definition of "Quiz" and yes you can have a Quiz of 1 question!!! So STFU now!

Quiz \Quiz\, n. [It is said that Daly, the manager of a Dublin playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should be the common talk and puzzle of the city in twenty-fours. In consequence of this the letters q u i z were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with an effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, originally a variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular game.]

1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

3. An odd or absurd fellow. --Smart. Thackeray.

4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination. [Cant, U.S.]



Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)