Now I'm really not a BMW devotee but there is no doubt Matchbox produced two very fine bodyshells for their slot racing enterprise. The M1 was in real life a failed sportscar that was relelgated to a few one make race series the generally accompanied the European F1 races in 1980. The Matchbox one is even rarer!
To my mind this is a great car that was perhaps better suited to the Powertrack chassis. It has appeared on ebay a few times in the last year and so far appears to be only available in this livery.
Although clearly referenced in the 1979 Speedtrack Catalogue I have a firm belief that most of these went to mainland Europe. Note the French text on the side of tis packaging.
The BMW M1 is LC-106 in Europe and 10-39-55 in the USA.
I believe it was issued with both A and B type pick up shoes.
