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1999-2002 BMW M Coupe Collectible Classic | Automobile Magazine
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It might seem a bit hasty to already be calling a car that’s younger than the Internet a classic. But anyone paying attention to BMW near the turn of the 21st century knows that it was building special sports cars back then—cars that would cement its reputation the world over.
One sports car in particular quickly garnered a cult-like following as enthusiastic and obsessive as the team that conceived and built it: the BMW M Coupe. In less than two decades, the M Coupe has achieved a rarified status usually reserved for much more seasoned steel. It’s an instant classic, if you will, a car that’s already highly collectible.
Legend has it that a band of renegade BMW engineers developed the M Coupe in secret—at least that’s the tall tale out of Munich. Regardless of how the story unfolded, Burkhard Goeschel, BMW’s lead engineer at the time, championed the project as a driver’s car without apology or compromise.
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