BMW's M division once built a motorsport-bred version of the E12-generation 5 Series that was never placed in a showroom window or a glossy brochure. According to accounts of that era, the car was effectively reserved for customers who already knew it existed and knew which questions to ask. Walk in cold, and a dealer might never have mentioned it. Ask the right way, and a four-door performance sedan could be ordered.
That secrecy made sense at the time. The M operation was still a young racing outfit, and its road cars
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