The CSL is back – with a manual gearbox, 560hp twin-turbo straight-six and big grills. Thoughts?
The press release for the BMW 3.0 CSL is long. Very long, but that’s acceptable when it’s covering a bespoke model with the sole purpose of celebrating M’s 50-year anniversary. Although at the very beginning there’s this paragraph:
Is that rather a shame? I mean, to start off seemingly acknowledging that these cars will end up in those safety-deposit-box car collections, never to be seen again. I guess that’s the world we live in now. There is also a lot of talk about how this is a largely handmade car.
Among all the press-pack bluster there are a few salient points. For example, the 2023 3.0 CSL, which is based on the current M4, puts out 560hp. That makes it the most powerful production straight-six engine BMW has produced to date – just as the original 3.0 CSL’s 206hp straight-six was back in ‘73. And, like that, this CSL also comes with a manual gearbox. That’s right, there’s no eight-speed auto here; just a six-speed manual with ratios that areof the engine.
Right then, onto that largely handmade body. Some of it is made from carbon fibre reinforced plastic, but the roof, bonnet, boot lid, front and rear aprons, side sills, rear diffuser and the rear spoiler are pure carbon fibre. Other weight-saving elements include a titanium rear silencer that sheds around 4.3kg over steel, though there's not an overall kerbweight yet. The Y-spoke wheels are made of forged light-alloy .
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