{"id":22664,"date":"2022-05-19T18:03:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T22:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22664"},"modified":"2022-05-19T18:03:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T22:03:05","slug":"bmw-m4-csl-nurburgring-lap-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22664","title":{"rendered":"M4 CSL Is The Fastest Ever BMW At The Nurburgring With 7:20 Lap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors about the M4 CSL setting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/04\/13\/bmw-m4-csl-nurburgring-time\/\">record-breaking lap around the N\u00fcrburgring<\/a> for a street-legal BMW have been swirling around the Internet for a few weeks. We are happy to confirm the reports were true as the Coupe Sport Lightweight is now the fastest production model from your favorite brand to lap the challenging Nordschleife.<\/p>\n<p>It completed the course in 7 minutes and 15.677 seconds if we\u2019re talking about the 20.6-kilometer layout, which excludes the short straight at the T13 grandstand. BMW says the M4 CSL needed 7 minutes and 20.207 seconds to cover the full 20.8-kilometer configuration of the Green Hell. Interestingly, the timed lap was done while the sporty coupe was still being tested to make any necessary last-minute tweaks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-426232\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-830x623.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m4 csl g82 16 830x623\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw m4 csl g82 16 830x623\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-426232\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20623%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-830x623.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m4 csl g82 16 830x623\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-16.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw m4 csl g82 16 830x623\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How does the M4 CSL stack up against its predecessor, the M4 GTS? In fall 2015, M engineer Joerg Weidinger achieved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2015\/10\/06\/bmw-m4-gts-nurburgring-time-728-minutes\/\">lap time of 7 minutes and 27.88<\/a> seconds on the slightly shorter configuration of the famous race track in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sport Auto\u2019s<\/em> test driver Christian Gebhardt has taken various BMWs to the \u2018Ring over the years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>M4 Competition (7:28.5)<\/li>\n<li>M5 CS (7:29.57)<\/li>\n<li>ALPINA B3 (7:53.26)<\/li>\n<li>M8 Competition (7:32.79)<\/li>\n<li>M5 Competition (7:35.9)<\/li>\n<li>M2 Competition (7:52.36)<\/li>\n<li>Z4 M40i (7:55.41)<\/li>\n<li>M5 (7:38.92)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-426217\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-830x623.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m4 csl g82 01 830x623\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw m4 csl g82 01 830x623\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-426217\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20623%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-830x623.jpg\" alt=\"bmw m4 csl g82 01 830x623\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-m4-csl-g82-01.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw m4 csl g82 01 830x623\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His predecessor at the same German magazine <em>Sport Auto<\/em>, Horst von Saurma, lapped the Nordschleife in 7:48 behind the wheel of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/05\/03\/bmw-m3-gts-top-speed-run-inaccurate-speedometer\/\">M3 GTS Coupe<\/a> in 2011. Going back in time, he drove the iconic M3 CSL E46 to a 7:50 lap in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>What comes after the M4 CSL? The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/05\/12\/bmw-3-0-csl-coming\/\">modern-day equivalent of the 3.0 CSL<\/a>. As previously reported, it will take everything that\u2019s great about the CSL and add more power in a retro body to echo the 2015 Hommage concept. We\u2019ve heard it will have somewhere in the region of 600 horsepower, channeled to the rear wheels exclusively via a manual gearbox. As a refresher, the CSL comes only with two pedals.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s going to be a huge price gap between the two as the 3.0 CSL will reportedly cost about 750,000 euros, thus making the M4 CSL a bargain <em>(well, sort of)<\/em> at 165,000 euros.<\/p>\n<p>Source: BMW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors about the M4 CSL setting a record-breaking lap around the N\u00fcrburgring for a street-legal BMW have been swirling around the Internet for a few weeks. We are happy to confirm the reports were true as the Coupe Sport Lightweight is now the fastest production model from your favorite brand to lap the challenging Nordschleife. 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