Tony Lewin is a lifelong automotive commentator and industry analyst and has spent most of his career testing cars, analyzing them, and reporting on the ups and downs of the global enterprises that build them. He has been a regular writer and editor for Automotive News Europe and launched several pioneering titles for The Financial Times as well as contributing regular columns for other national and international publications. Today, Lewin divides his time between journalism, books, and translation work. His titles for Motorbooks include BMW Century, How to Design Cars Like a Pro, The Complete Book of BMW, and Speed Read: Car Design. He also translated Junkyard: Behind the Gates at California’s Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard for Motorbooks. He lives in East Sussex, England.

"Lewin’s work is attractive and bright, with crisp writing, brilliant images, and key insight into what makes the Motorsport division excel."

• FOREWORDBy Jochen Neerpasch, founding CEO of BMW Motorsport GmbH1 The Power to WinInside the performance culture of BMW’s M Division2 Motorsport Is in BMW’s BloodA century of success on two wheels and four, in F1, Touring Cars, Le Mans—and in the air3 From Racetrack to RoadThe heat of competition breeds brilliant cars for BMW customers4 M1: The Elegant InspirationThe BMW supercar that became an icon—and how it nearly didn’t make it into production5 The 1980s: M3, M5, M6—the Gen-1 FavoritesFirst generation M-Division customer cars deliver dazzling performance6 The 1990s: Hitting the Big TimeSix-cylinder M3 and V-8 M5 raise the dynamic benchmark ever higher7 The 2000s: Peak Performance, Peak ComplexityMore cylinders, more revs, more power and speed—and arguably the best M3 of all8 Excursion Off-Road: The M SUVsContentious at first, the hotshot X5M and X6M soon won the world over9 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos—M Takes a ChanceFrom the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS10 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos—M Takes a ChanceFrom the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS11 M6, M8: The High-End CoupésLavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success?12 M6, M8: The High-End Coupés Lavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success?13 Turning Down the Heat: The Nearly-M CarsM-Performance models are a Tempting halfway point to full-house M Cars14 Shaping the M Story: Inside the Design Studio How does an M Car stand outfrom the crowd? Secrets from chief designer Marcus Syring’s studio15 Today, Tomorrow, and into an Electric Future CEO Markus Flasch on why zero-emissionsM Cars will deliver even more thrillsACKNOWLEDGMENTSBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Tony Lewin is a lifelong automotive commentator and industry analyst and has spent most of his career testing cars, analyzing them, and reporting on the ups and downs of the global enterprises that build them. He has been a regular writer and editor for Automotive News Europe and launched several pioneering titles for The Financial Times as well as contributing regular columns for other national and international publications. Today, Lewin divides his time between journalism, books, and translation work. His titles for Motorbooks include BMW Century, How to Design Cars Like a Pro, The Complete Book of BMW, and Speed Read: Car Design. He also translated Junkyard: Behind the Gates at California’s Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard for Motorbooks. He lives in East Sussex, England.

"Lewin’s work is attractive and bright, with crisp writing, brilliant images, and key insight into what makes the Motorsport division excel."

• FOREWORDBy Jochen Neerpasch, founding CEO of BMW Motorsport GmbH1 The Power to WinInside the performance culture of BMW’s M Division2 Motorsport Is in BMW’s BloodA century of success on two wheels and four, in F1, Touring Cars, Le Mans—and in the air3 From Racetrack to RoadThe heat of competition breeds brilliant cars for BMW customers4 M1: The Elegant InspirationThe BMW supercar that became an icon—and how it nearly didn’t make it into production5 The 1980s: M3, M5, M6—the Gen-1 FavoritesFirst generation M-Division customer cars deliver dazzling performance6 The 1990s: Hitting the Big TimeSix-cylinder M3 and V-8 M5 raise the dynamic benchmark ever higher7 The 2000s: Peak Performance, Peak ComplexityMore cylinders, more revs, more power and speed—and arguably the best M3 of all8 Excursion Off-Road: The M SUVsContentious at first, the hotshot X5M and X6M soon won the world over9 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos—M Takes a ChanceFrom the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS10 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos—M Takes a ChanceFrom the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS11 M6, M8: The High-End CoupésLavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success?12 M6, M8: The High-End Coupés Lavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success?13 Turning Down the Heat: The Nearly-M CarsM-Performance models are a Tempting halfway point to full-house M Cars14 Shaping the M Story: Inside the Design Studio How does an M Car stand outfrom the crowd? Secrets from chief designer Marcus Syring’s studio15 Today, Tomorrow, and into an Electric Future CEO Markus Flasch on why zero-emissionsM Cars will deliver even more thrillsACKNOWLEDGMENTSBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Tony Lewin is a lifelong automotive commentator and industry analyst and has spent most of his career testing cars, analyzing them, and reporting on the ups and downs of the global enterprises that build them. He has been a regular writer and editor for Automotive News Europe and launched several pioneering titles for The Financial Times as well as contributing regular columns for other national and international publications. Today, Lewin divides his time between journalism, books, and translation work. His titles for Motorbooks include BMW Century, How to Design Cars Like a Pro, The Complete Book of BMW, and Speed Read: Car Design. He also translated Junkyard: Behind the Gates at California’s Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard for Motorbooks. He lives in East Sussex, England.

"Lewin’s work is attractive and bright, with crisp writing, brilliant images, and key insight into what makes the Motorsport division excel."

• FOREWORDBy Jochen Neerpasch, founding CEO of BMW Motorsport GmbH1 The Power to WinInside the performance culture of BMW’s M Division2 Motorsport Is in BMW’s BloodA century of success on two wheels and four, in F1, Touring Cars, Le Mans—and in the air3 From Racetrack to RoadThe heat of competition breeds brilliant cars for BMW customers4 M1: The Elegant InspirationThe BMW supercar that became an icon—and how it nearly didn’t make it into production5 The 1980s: M3, M5, M6—the Gen-1 FavoritesFirst generation M-Division customer cars deliver dazzling performance6 The 1990s: Hitting the Big TimeSix-cylinder M3 and V-8 M5 raise the dynamic benchmark ever higher7 The 2000s: Peak Performance, Peak ComplexityMore cylinders, more revs, more power and speed—and arguably the best M3 of all8 Excursion Off-Road: The M SUVsContentious at first, the hotshot X5M and X6M soon won the world over9 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos—M Takes a ChanceFrom the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS10 The 2010s: First-Generation Turbos—M Takes a ChanceFrom the wild 1M Coupé via the svelte M5 to the fast and furious M4 GTS11 M6, M8: The High-End CoupésLavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success?12 M6, M8: The High-End Coupés Lavish lifestyle meets racetrack dynamics: a recipe for success?13 Turning Down the Heat: The Nearly-M CarsM-Performance models are a Tempting halfway point to full-house M Cars14 Shaping the M Story: Inside the Design Studio How does an M Car stand outfrom the crowd? Secrets from chief designer Marcus Syring’s studio15 Today, Tomorrow, and into an Electric Future CEO Markus Flasch on why zero-emissionsM Cars will deliver even more thrillsACKNOWLEDGMENTSBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX