The decade saw new technologies and cutting-edge designs emerge, some of the most important and legendary supercars produced, some of the world's finest ... some of the fastest cars of the 1980s.

Typically, when we think of the fastest cars in the world, iconic names like the McLaren F1 and the Porsche 911 come to mind. Both nameplates rightfully earned their places in automotive history ...

As BMW's in-house tuning division, BMW M is responsible for some of the world's finest performance vehicles ... often results in some of the fastest BMW cars, both in terms of 0-60 mph sprint ...

The second fastest is just two one-hundredths of a second slower. “For me that highlights the difference,” Priestley says. “The biggest prize in our sport … can be flipped on its head ...