This year the BMW M1 celebrates its anniversary – the mid-engine sports car has been a BMW icon for 40 years now. Former BMW Motorsport Director Jochen Neerpasch looks back on an exciting time.

BMW Concept Coupé, Mille Miglia 2006 - Driving shots: curves, through archway, roundabout and park (incl. trick shots) / Exterior design: BMW Concept Coupé next to BMW 328, front view, windshield, radiator grill, towing hook, mirror, windshield wipers, rim, side-view, air intakes, exhaust, side window, headlights, fold, rear view, fender / Interior design: roof opening (stop motion), interior, steering wheel with horn button, gearshift lever, handbrake lever, pedals, steering column, instruments, switches and buttons, chronometers, helmets, headrest / Presentation: Concept Coupé driveing onto podium, journalists taking pictures, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Göschel and Chris Bangle get out of the vehicle, Presentation / Statements Prof. Dr. Burkhard Göschel, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development and Purchasing: old and new car, "Origami-Technology" / Statements Chris Bangle, Director of Design BMW Group: design development, "industrial origami" / Statements Holger Lapp, Head of BMW Mobile Tradition: Mille Miglia Coupé from 1940 and Concept Car / Statements Giuliano Canè, eightfold Mille Miglia winner / Mille Miglia 2006: visitors gaze at the cars before the start, BMW 328 from 1940.

BMW 507 - Driving shots / Studio shots / Historical photos / BMW 507 and prototypes (Villa d'Este 2005) / BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale / BMW 507 prototype ("Loof-Prototype") / Statements Holger Lapp, Head of BMW Group Mobile Tradition: BMW 507 prototype, BMW in the 1950s, Giovanni Michelotti / Statements Adrian van Hooydonk, Director Design BMW Cars: BMW 507 / Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2005: flight over the Lake of Como, Villa d'Este seen from above, general shots of the competition / Hispano-Suiza H6B Cabriolet (1928) / Piccadilly Roadster (1927) / Duesenberg J Convertible Sedan (1931) / BMW 507 (1957) / Jaguar SS 100 (1937, owner: Peter Kraus, German singer and entertainer) / Statements Peter Kraus / Lancia Flavia Coupé (1964, owner: Claude Picasso, son of Pablo Picasso) / Statements Claude Picasso / Villa D'Este: details and flags / Alfa Romeo 6C2300B (1938) / Rolls Royce Phantom I Piccadilly Roadster (1927) / Bugatti 35A, Grand Sport (1926) / Peter Kraus and his wife in the Jaguar SS100 (1937) / BMW 328 Roadster (1938) / BMW 507 (1957) / Jury / Lancia Flavia (1964) / Alfa Romeo Canguro (1964) / Cups and badges / BMW 507 / BMW 507 Prototype ("Loof-Prototype") / BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale / BMW 501 Sechszylinder "Isar 12" with police siren / Honouring the Ferrari 212 Export Spider Vignale (1951) / Statements Albrecht Graf Goertz, Designer of the BMW 507 (from 2001).