Founded in 1972, BMW’s sports division was meant to combine the company's racing activities under a single identify, with the unifying element a crisp colour scheme.Īccording to BMW M itself: “Blue stands for BMW, red for motorsport and violet for the unique combination of the two.” And it wasn’t long before the new colour scheme made its racing debut on none other than the 3.0 CSL pictured above, arguably the coolest car to wear BMW M colours. Over the years, the design of the M logo and the M stripes has been carefully refined, with the colour purple changing to a dark blue, for example, and the most recent update made in March 2020 – it is now two-dimensional as opposed to three, and features four colours – light blue, dark blue, red and a white “M”.
There’s more to the tricolour M logo than just speed, and one that involves delving into the history books. What’s the easiest way to enhance any car’s performance? Add go-faster stripes, obviously – just ask BMW M. The quadruple-coloured Quattro had made its mark in the history books, but that doesn’t give you the excuse to add black/red/yellow highlights to the grille of your Q5. Quick Shop 5/8' Paint Break Truck Stripes Champagne Metallic and Maroon Metallic. The year 1984 was to be Audi’s crowning season, with the Quattro, now sporting a new yellow stripe with the arrival of HB Cigarettes sponsorship, storming to both the manufacturer’s and driver’s title, this time with Stig Blomqvist behind the wheel. 3/16' X 75' Red White and Blue Car Stripes Tape Roll MSRP: 44.99 34.99 Compare.
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Its secret was four-wheel drive, and a year later, at the 1981 World Rally Championship, it took three series wins.Īudi didn’t stop there, with the Quattro A1 helping Audi on its way to the manufacturer’s championship in 1981, before Mikkola claimed the elusive driver’s title a year later in the A2. Sporting a simple red, white and black colour scheme, and driven by Hannu Mikkola, it set times that would have won him the event by almost 30 minutes. When the Audi Quattro made its debut in 1980 at the Algarve Rally as a non-competitive course car, little did the world know what was to come. Unfortunately, during the main race, the 917/20 dropped out shortly before the end (while running in fifth position) due to an accident. It was the fastest car during the pre-race qualification session, even though it was totally untested. Unsurprisingly, when Porsche rocked up at Circuit de la Sarthe it caused a sensation… and not just because it was painted like Babe. In a genuine instance of ROFLcopter German humour, Porsche designer Anatole Lapine decided to paint the whole thing pink then label each of the 917’s ‘body parts’ according to the butcher-style cuts. Finally, the nose was equally low and flat like that of the new long-tail coupé, but shorter. The track width remained unchanged, and the wheels were hidden deep in the wheel housings. A one-off amalgamation of the short and long tail 917 to try and make the ultimate aerodynamic, balanced 917, its body was extremely wide and it had extremely rounded wheel cut-outs. Meet Porsche’s 1971 Le Mans contender, a pink pig in the shape of the Porsche 197/20.
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