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BMW unveils beautiful one-off M1 and limited edition SUV

BMW has just launched a new clothing line, and two new cars, a BMW M1 and a BMW XM, with a brand called Kith.

The good news is that you can buy the BMW XM and of course the capsule collection.

The bad news is that the BMW XM, the vehicle of the two you can buy, is limited to just 47 units.

The really bad news is that the BMW M1 is a one-off and won’t be sold to the public.

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The new BMW XM from Kith is a six-figure limited edition SUV

BMW teamed up with Kith, a lifestyle brand that does a little bit of everything but specializes in fashion, to launch the new collection.

It includes leather jackets, suede pieces, hoodies, rugby shirts, duffel bags, driving gloves, and the list goes on.

They also launched a new car, the BMW XM from Kith.

The engine is still the same plug-in hybrid as the ‘standard’ XM, producing 738bhp and giving the car a 0-62mph time of just 3.4 seconds.

This is not a bad thing.

The XM was, lest we forget, BMW’s most powerful when it launched, even before the arrival of the Label Red edition.

But as you can imagine, BMW and Kith have made a few changes when it comes to the car’s aesthetics.

The car is finished in Frozen Techno Violet or Frozen Black, with matching interior and features ‘Kith’ badges and logos almost everywhere.

They even used it as part of the upholstery motif.

Production is limited to 47 units, but pricing has not yet been announced.

All we know for sure is that it will have a six-figure price tag.

Meet the M1, the one they won’t make

To celebrate the collaboration, BMW and Kith, together with designer Ronnie Fieg, launched an M1 that looks absolutely beautiful.

Finished in Techno Violet, the same shade used for the aforementioned XM, the car was completely restored and customized, including the interior.

Once again, nothing was done to the engine, which is still the same 3.5-liter inline-six, still producing 277 horsepower.

The BMW M1 is an icon, even Paul Walker had one.

There’s an example currently up for auction at SBX Cars, and it will almost certainly fetch more than half a million dollars.

This is because these cars are unfortunately becoming rare.

Only 453 were produced, and most of those examples were lost, damaged, or ended up forgotten and neglected in remote sheds.

Pity.