What is this??

[T-O-M]

I hit in gallery this racing bimmer? I have never seen before. Can you tell me something more?

[e36mmm]

that looks awesome no idea what it is .

[DomM3]

Looks like a prototyp from Group C racecar.

[polizei144]

never seen it before... cool find

[RacerJames666]

Kidneys look strikingly similar to 77' 320, but maybe thats ONLY the grille..... http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/bmw...0/77-320pb.jpg
As for what the hell it is...who knows...late 70's early 80's

[calgarian]

after i found nothing on the net, i now wrote to the classic department of bmw in munich. as soon as i get an answer, i let y'all know

greetz

dave

[calgarian]

So, I got an instant answer from BMW, which says:

Sehr geehrter Herr Rusch,

vielen Dank für Ihre E-Mail.

Es handelt sich um einen MARCH GTP, wie er in der IMSA Serie ab 1981
eingesetzt wurde. Anbei finden Sie ein paar allgemeine Informationen und
technische Daten, mehr liegt uns leider auch nicht vor.

Wir hoffen, Ihnen damit weitergeholfen zu haben.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

BMW Group
Andreas Harz
Mobile Tradition
Konzernarchiv / ST-1
Zentrale Archivdienste
80788 München

They added a document in which is written, that March built a BMW 3.5 litre prototype to race the imsa series in 1981. It was called M1C/81G, but it was underpowered and had no chance against the Porsche 935. So later that year they switched to a 2 litre turbocharged 4-cylinder.
1982 they built a completely new car with 5.8l Chevy V8.

Best wishes from Bimmer-Land


Dave

[T-O-M]

Thank you very much