1M The Pirate

[Jezzer]

Went to a BMW dealer in the UK today and they asked me if I knew the car was nicknamed 'The Pirate'.
I said that I had seen this on the forum but it was spelt PYRAT after the rum the M engineers like to drink.
They replied it was Pirate as it had stolen the parts off the M3. I know there was a picture showing the codename on another thread but who actually said it was named after the rum?

[Aussie_in_London]

What was you doing at the dealers mate, can't have been the run in service with 200 odd miles on the clock lol

[Jezzer]

Just some little goodies to add to my collection, any feedback on the Pirate at all?

[b33g33]

It appears UK dealers are as clueless as US ones.

I think it's a pretty well established fact that the internal code name for the 1M was 'Pyrat' and it was, indeed, named after the delicious alcoholic beverage of the same name.

[Juiced1M]

Thats wild so the car is based of the pyrat rum?

Or maybe the designer was fond of the rum and thought lets make it valencia orange haha.
Pyrat orange "Savage" rum liquer - a liqueur made from rum and orange juice concentrate.

The Planters distillery leads back to the English sailor CJ Planter, the opposite end of the 19th Century in Anguilla settled and married the daughter of a resident sugarcane producers. Shortly after the death of his father-in Planter started to produce rum, which he soon sell not only in the Caribbean, but also in Europe konnte.Seit a joint venture in 1996 with The Patrón Spirits Company, the leading products of the distillery under the label Pyrat sold.

Products
Planters Gold - Pyrat XO Reserve - a blend of about 15 years old rum. In many internet forums, rated as one of the best rums in general.
Pyrat Pistol - one very similar to the XO Reserve, but taste a little "lighter" rum
Pyrat Cask 23 - the top product of the range, blend of rums up to 40 years old.
Pyrat orange "Savage" rum liquer - a liqueur made from rum and orange juice concentrate.
Pyrat trois "ménage" - a little stronger flavored version of "Savage"

[Jezzer]

Originally Posted by b33g33

It appears UK dealers are as clueless as US ones.

I think it's a pretty well established fact that the internal code name for the 1M was 'Pyrat' and it was, indeed, named after the delicious alcoholic beverage of the same name.

Is this written on any official BMW site so I can show them at the BMW dealership.

[richb811]

Where has the rum gone???

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Jezzer

Went to a BMW dealer in the UK today and they asked me if I knew the car was nicknamed 'The Pirate'.
I said that I had seen this on the forum but it was spelt PYRAT after the rum the M engineers like to drink.
They replied it was Pirate as it had stolen the parts off the M3. I know there was a picture showing the codename on another thread but who actually said it was named after the rum?

It was Dr. Kay Segler who first told the story (i think it was in one of the online interviews) of how the //M engineers like to drink Pyrat Rum in their off hours at the shop. The rum was also inspiration to the VO color of the 1M. Hence the projekt name: Code Pyrat.

Also when the (im)famous "Lucky 12" met in Leipzig Werk (last October, 2010) to "test" the early protoype 1M's at the factory... the in the video that M-Power produced two of the cars carried "Pyrat1" and Pyrat2" license plates.


1M code name: Pyrat...

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...ght=code+pyrat


Dackel