Anyone excited about the new csl?

[Obioban]

Not at all.

Wake me up when there's a NA engine and steering feel in a small/practical/light weight car.

[Duck360198]

Sounds like we're talking two different cars here. The M4 CSL will be unveiled soon. Haven't heard official production numbers but 1,000 units keeps popping up. But then there's the 3.0 CSL Hommage that is supposed to be limited to 50 units to celebrate the 50 year anniversary. That's the car that's supposed to be $600K or $700K or whatever it is.

My thoughts are that the M4 CSL is strictly a marketing gimmick. NOTHING BMW makes anymore is remotely close to the "L" in CSL. These cars will end up just like the GTS where the majority will be in wrappers. Of course they're going to appreciate over time, but to me this pig of a car is such a slap to the face of the "CSL" name. The E46 had quite a few components specific to the car that truly made it bespoke. This M4 has "CSL" badging and red highlights around parts. Maybe the production model has more to it than what we're being led to believe, but it's a joke to me.

Now, the 3.0 CSL Hommage. To me, that car is spectacular and an amazing modernization to the original. If the production model truly looks like the presentation model, holy shit...bravo BMW. That car tells me there ARE still some decent designers in BMW. I'm a huge fan of the E9 CSL Batmobile and what it represents so I felt BMW hit the nail on the head with the Hommage. I feel that way about the 2002 Hommage as well. But, the fact it will be a 50 unit car and $700K...yeah...unobtainum unfortunately.

[ridebikes]

You need to think "custom coachwork" - among other things. Its not factory car.

https://www.bmwblog.com/2022/05/12/bmw-3-0-csl-coming/

To quote the late, great Jerry Orbach at the end of Dirty Dancing:

"When I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong"

I just figured it'd be an M4 with a hole in the bumper 🤷♂️

[sina]

I thought you meant the M4 CSL. Can't believe they're bringing the moniker back for that monstrosity, curious to see how they achieve the "L" portion of it.

[Estoril]

Is there a source on the price being well north of half a million dollars? I call BS on that...I could see close to $200k on the high end.

You need to think "custom coachwork" - among other things. Its not factory car.

https://www.bmwblog.com/2022/05/12/bmw-3-0-csl-coming/

[ridebikes]

Is there a source on the price being well north of half a million dollars? I call BS on that...I could see close to $200k on the high end.

[cobra]

I haven't been excited about a BMW since around 2007.

[Fresh1179]

I read an article that stated it would only come with a manual and rear-wheel drive. There is no option for anything else. That said, it will still have a relatively soulless turbo motor. And it will be limited to fifty units at $650,000 a head.

I wonder how light it will actually be.

The overwhelming feeling is of disappointment, though. Now they do this? Ten or twenty years too late.

Wow. Didn’t know the production numbers were going to be that low and the price that high. I’ll probably look at it for 5 minutes when it is officially revealed then never think about it again. Sounds like a collectors’ car for Jay Leno’s garage….


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[Estoril]

The 3.0 CSL?

1. Over $750K
2. Its not as if BMW would stoop so low as to make them available in the U.S.
3. Its not as if anyone here would own one. 50 will be made
4. Its not as if anyone here will even see one on the street.

They will be bought, stored in a living room and likely never see daylight.

The car is irrelevant.

[01SG]

Also, if I had to venture a guess, BMW is going to decide that it will only be an all wheel drive, flappy-paddle configuration.

I read an article that stated it would only come with a manual and rear-wheel drive. There is no option for anything else. That said, it will still have a relatively soulless turbo motor. And it will be limited to fifty units at $650,000 a head.

I wonder how light it will actually be.

The overwhelming feeling is of disappointment, though. Now they do this? Ten or twenty years too late.

[Fresh1179]

My concern is that the overhead prototype shots make it kind of look like a gran coupe or one of those weird BMW crossovers because of duckbill spoiler. I’m interested to see how that will actually look on the G series M4.

Also, if I had to venture a guess, BMW is going to decide that it will only be an all wheel drive, flappy-paddle configuration.

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[PowerSax]

No.

[Motorsportdreams]

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