The limited-run BMW 3.0 CSL pays homage to the iconic ‘Batmobile’ with bespoke carbonfibre bodywork, 552bhp and a six-speed manual gearbox -
To this, BMW M’s usual packet of hardware is applied – there’s an electronically-controlled BMW M rear differential, M Servotronic steering and clever 10-stage traction and stability control programs. The suspension layout is also familiar, so there’s double-joint spring struts up front and a five-link setup at the rear running electronically controlled dampers and standard steel springs.The brakes are a carbon ceramic setup with 400mm discs on the front axle and 380mm discs at the rear.
The bodywork is almost all bespoke, with carbonfibre making up a majority of the new parts including the front and rear bumpers, rear wing, bonnet, roof skin and bootlid. Perhaps most dramatically styled are the wheel arch extensions, which reference previous CSL homage concept cars from BMW’s recent past. The front wings are their own bespoke units, but the rear arch extensions sit over the top of an existing M4’s Coupe's side pressing, neatly integrating into the rear wing.
BMW has reinstated the rear window’s Hofmeister kink , sitting within a satin silver frame that follows the contour of a standard M4’s rear window opening. This does leave space to integrate BMW’s heritage roundel though – another reference to the 1972 original. The rear end is dominated by the two wings, one of the boot lid and one at the leading edge of the roof.
Each of the 50 units will be built by hand, each finished in BMW’s iconic livery. The livery itself is hand-applied with paint rather than stickers or decals, meaning that each component with a painted stripe requires a 134-step process to finish. This, together with the hand-built assembly, gives the 3.0 CSL a 10 day production sequence. It’ll take three months for BMW to complete the 50-unit build run.
BMW has not committed to a price, but has indicated that this will be an expensive model for its most auspicious of customers. This will give it a price tag that’s well into seven figures, likely making this the most expensive road-going BMW M model in its 50 year history.
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