THE BMW 3.0 CSL

As the anniversary year comes to a close, BMW M GmbH is presenting the most
exclusive special model the company has ever produced – a masterpiece of
engineering embodying the essence from 50 years of racing passion and
expressing its historic roots in a legendary model designation.

The BMW 3.0 CSL (fuel consumption combined: 11.0 l/100 km; CO2
emissions combined: 249 g/km according to WLTP; details according to NEDC: – )
combines a unique design with a puristic performance experience in two seats. It
conveys to the present day in an extremely focused manner the concept created in
the 1970s of applying racetrack technology designed for sheer driving pleasure
on the road.
The BMW 3.0 CSL was developed with the intention of combining the best of five
decades of racing expertise from BMW M GmbH in an automobile with a highly
emotional aura. All facets of its character – dynamic exterior elegance, a classic
sportscar cockpit, intelligent lightweight construction, a straight six-cylinder
engine, manual transmission and rear-wheel drive – are based on traditional
principles of a BMW M automobile. They complement each other with the help of
the latest technology to create the ultimate symbol of fascination for top
performance in the style of the brand that has been successful for 50 years. A ride
in a BMW 3.0 CSL is therefore not only an exclusive high-performance experience,
but also an emotional encounter with the history and the present of the world’s
most powerful letter.

The most powerful straight six-cylinder power unit ever used in a road-legal
BMW M automobile.
The BMW 3.0 CSL features the most powerful straight six-cylinder engine ever
used in a road-legal BMW M automobile. This is also a tradition: in its final stage
of development, the predecessor of the same name marked a new record with an
engine output of 151 kW/206 hp – not only for six-cylinder models, but for all
BMW production vehicles produced up to that point.
Since then, the straight six-cylinder engine with M Power has undergone an
impressive development. Engines of the same design mobilised an output of
204 kW/277 hp in the BMW M1 as early as 1978 and 250 kW/340 hp in the
second-generation BMW M5 from 1991. The fifth-generation BMW M3 was
launched in 2014 with a 317 kW/431 hp straight-six engine featuring M
TwinPower Turbo technology.
The straight six-cylinder engine of the BMW 3.0 CSL possesses the same
technological roots as the power unit of the current DTM winning car. The 3.0-litre
power unit offers spontaneous high revving thanks to the typical M high-revving
concept and comprises, among other things, an extremely rigid crankcase in a
sleeveless closed-deck design, a forged lightweight crankshaft and a cylinder
head core featuring 3D printing technology. The cooling system and oil supply are
also designed for extremely dynamic driving situations. For its championship win
in the DTM, the BMW M4 GT3 was powered by a version of the latest straight sixcylinder engine with around 600 hp which, in its version designed for large-scale
production in the current models of the BMW M3/BMW M4 series, delivers up to
375 kW/510 hp.
The version of the drive system with M TwinPower Turbo technology, which was
further developed exclusively for the BMW 3.0 CSL, mobilises a maximum output
of 412 kW/560 hp. The new record for straight six-cylinder models from BMW M
GmbH with road approval underpins the special status of the vehicle. Its engine
develops a maximum torque of 550 Nm and fascinates with a linear power
delivery up to a maximum speed of 7,200 min-1.

Puristic sports car cockpit with M carbon full bucket seats.
Over and above that, the interior of the BMW 3.0 CSL presents itself as a sports
car cockpit that is puristic and exclusive. Black Alcantara seat surfaces and M seat
belts are combined with an M Alcantara steering wheel, an anthracite roof liner,
black Alcantara and matt carbon surfaces. Contrast stitching and other accents in
white correspond with the exterior paintwork of the BMW 3.0 CSL, the model
lettering of which is embossed into both the door sill trims and the seat surfaces.
The white gearshift knob symbolises the classic form of interaction between driver
and vehicle when changing gear. The red start/stop button and the likewise red M
buttons on the steering wheel are available for activating the engine and for direct
access to the vehicle’s overall setup. The matt interior trims in a carbon fibre finish
feature sequential numbering for each of the 50 units available. This marking,
documented in the interior from #01/50 to #50/50, corresponds in each case to
the final digits of the suspension number, thus representing a clearly visible and
authentic reference to the individual vehicle identity.
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