Breaking from Detroit, BMW has released their new 1M sports car on North American shores. The long awaited BMW 1M features toll effective engineering science solutions (ie. part sharing) to provide enthusiasts with the M experience at a more affordable price.

BMW's 1M packs 340 hp spun from the N54 twin-turbo 3 liter inline six. 332 lb-ft of torque is on tap from depression in the rev range, and in harmony with the M limited-skid differential, we see this as a recipe for tail out fun.

BMW intends to open up the M make up to a larger, younger demographic with the 1M – hoping to capture the M5 buyers of tomorrow.

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Our editor Hugo Becker shares with us his offset impressions of the 1M:

"The new 1 Series M in person is a fleck more than subtle than one feared (boy racer this isn't). The front and rear fascia testify the about distinction from the existing ane series along with the flying biplane M3 side mirrors.

Where the divergence between the existing i and the 1M really shows is in the wheels and brakes. The brakes take a very serious advent – the floating calipers showing well fifty-fifty upward against the stylish Brembos on the regular 135i.

The nigh hit element of the 1M is the the Valencia Orange paint. It is a polarizing color, more and so than the Sedona Red launch color of the 1 Serial. Fortunately it is also available in blackness or white."

Be sure to bank check out our exclusive photo gallery from Detroit, and stick effectually for a video walk around of the 1M later today.