Limited edition BMW 3.0 CSL revealed

BMW’s M division has unveiled its hottest venture – the motorsport-encouraged 560hp 3. CSL coupé – but only 50 types are up for grabs.

The start of this limited run coupé delivers BMW M’s 50th anniversary celebrations to a near, the effectiveness-targeted sub-division commenting that the 3. CSL is the “most distinctive exclusive model” it has at any time manufactured.

It is also powered by the most potent straight 6 motor it has ever set in a road lawful motor vehicle – a 3.-litre twin-turbocharged powertrain that provides 560hp and 550 Nm of torque. The coupé is only readily available with a six-pace handbook gearbox.

Like the M4 CSL that went on sale previously this year, the 3. CSL is impressed by BMW M’s earlier motorsport triumphs. The coupé’s structure capabilities a amount of apparent nods to the championship-profitable unique BMW 3. CSL racing vehicle from the 1970s, such as the racing livery, yellow-tinted LED headlights, chunky rear fenders and a huge rear spoiler.

To conserve weight, BMW M engineers have opted to make the roof out of carbon fibre, when the bonnet, bootlid, side sills, rear diffuser and the metallic frames at the rear of the entrance and rear bumper are designed of an undisclosed “lightweight” substance.

The coupé arrives with BMW M’s differential and adaptive suspension offers, as properly as carbon-ceramic brakes that deliver thermal stability and “extremely high” wear resistance.

With more substantial wheel arches than the BMW M3, the 3. CSL sits on 20-inch wheels in the entrance and 21-inch wheels in the back again. The sidewalls of the car’s Michelin tyres will be embossed with the amount ’50’, to mark 50 yrs of BMW M car heritage.

Stepping inside of, the interior characteristics carbon bucket seats, guiding which there is a small storage area. The seats, steering wheel and roof liner are wrapped in Alcantara leather, that includes white stitching that mirrors the exterior bodywork. The start out/halt button and the M buttons on the steering wheel are finished in pink.

Each and every of the 50 styles will be given a amount (1 to 50) when it comes off the production line, and this number will be embossed on the passenger aspect of the dashboard.

That sums up what we know about the BMW 3. CSL so considerably, the company is however to announce its pricing, and it is unfamiliar how numerous of these 50 versions will be reserved for United kingdom sale. The coupé will be produced at BMW’s Dingolfing plant in Germany, with output having all around three months.