2009 BMW 1M 4.0 V8 Evocation
Professionally built to OEM+ spec with E92 M3 running gear

Registration No: VO09 WTF
Chassis No: WBAUR32010VL24712
MOT: January 2026

• Professionally built by the seller as a 1M homage but with E92 M3 running gear
• Conversion fully documented via photographs and invoices
• Factory electronics (Drivelogic, EDM etc) preserved via the use of the donor car's main body loom
• Offered at a fraction of its build / development cost
  

The smallest and lightest ‘M’ car in years, the BMW 1 Series M Coupe (better known as the 1M) debuted in 2011. Hailed by many as a spiritual successor to the legendary E30 M3, it became an instant classic. If the newcomer had one drawback, it was the use of force-fed induction with many an enthusiast wishing that their 1M had a freer revving, bigger capacity powerplent. Possessing the requisite professional skills to create just such a machine, the vendor essentially married a BMW 120d M Sport Coupe with the drivetrain from an E92 M3. Featuring genuine 1M body panels with the exception of its fibreglass rear wheelarches, ‘VD09 WTF’ is powered by a S65 4.0 litre V8 which has been treated to ACL Race bottom end shell bearings, refurbished injectors and replacement throttle actuators. Other M3 components carried across encompass the 7-speed DCT gearbox, front / rear subframes, brakes, differential and propshaft (shortened). Uprated with a KW HAS kit but retaining EDC dampers, the retention of the E92’s main body loom means that the different suspension modes are still available / operational (plus Drivelogic etc). The interior was re-trimmed as per a genuine 1M and the exhaust back box is of the correct type too (the rest of the system encompassing the M3 x-pipe with all four catalytic converters). The donor car had reportedly covered 68,000 and been well maintained. Interestingly, a factory 1M was rated at 335bhp / 332lbft, whereas an E92 M3 was quoted as developing 414bhp / 295lbft; the former’s turbocharged straight-six being redlined at 5,900rpm versus 8,300rpm for the latter’s normally aspirated V8. Riding on Strom M359 replica 19-inch alloys, ‘VD09 WTF’ was, in the seller’s own words, ‘built to an OEM+ specification in so doing it remains a totally usable daily without being too stiff or loud’. On the basis that the 1M was itself something of a ‘skunkworks’ project we cannot help thinking that the M Division would most likely approve of this V8-powered Evocation.

For more information, please contact:
Luke Hipkiss
luke.hipkiss@handh.co.uk
07886398226