The M-Division story starts here, with a little-known South African
is up front with the man responsible for not only building, but also restoring the car he’s in riding shotgun. It’s not only yet another cool ‘Andy story’, it’s also a significant car. In terms of BMW’s renowned Motorsport moniker, this is genesis.
Due to apartheid, South Africa missed out on a lot of performance cars. So, it made its own. And with BMW SA’s desire to go racing in the Modified Production series, 100 road-ready homologation specials needed to be built. Between 105 and 110 were made, with donor E12 525 chassis’ being plucked off the production line at the Rosslyn plant in Pretoria.
For 1976, the MLE was special mechanically, too. The M30 engine received a hotted-up camshaft, higher-compression Mahle pistons and twin Zenith carbs. Raw figures sat at 147kW and 250Nm , while 100km/h ticked over in 9.3 seconds.
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