{"id":30695,"date":"2022-09-02T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T16:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30695"},"modified":"2022-09-02T12:24:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T16:24:04","slug":"bmw-30-csl-m4-csl-laguna-seca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30695","title":{"rendered":"BMW showcases its CSL history at the iconic Laguna Seca Raceway"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW M\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration tour<\/a>\u00a0stopped last month at the iconic Laguna Seca Raceway. After displaying a fleet of classic and new models at\u00a0the\u00a0Legends of the Autobahn<\/a>, BMW of North America joined the racing activities at Laguna Seca. Every year, BMW tracks\u00a0an extraordinary collection of classic racing cars, and this year was no exception. Among them, a series of BMW CSL models, including the all-new BMW M4 CSL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Batmobile<\/h2>\n

The latest Competition Sports Lightweight model joined the likes of the E9 3.0 CSL and the iconic \u201cBatmobile.\u201d The latter represented\u00a0BMW in Group 8 (1972-1982) and marked the beginnings of BMW Motorsport. The 3.0 CSL was conceived as the first homologation special designed for the newly formed BMW Motorsport GmbH factory racing team. It did not carry the M badge, but it is generally considered to be the first BMW M product.<\/p>\n

The 3.0 CSL was a force in European Touring Car Championship racing throughout the 1970s, scoring six titles between 1973 and 1979, and in international endurance racing with overall wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Daytona, and three class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1973, 1974, and 1977).<\/p>\n

1973 3.0 CSL<\/h2>\n

To showcase the full heritage, BMW USA also displayed a\u00a01973 3.0 CSL road car. Based on the E9 3.0 CS, the lightweight 3.0 came with doors, trunk lid, and hood made of aluminum. Furthermore, roof, the partition between the interior and trunk, and the wheelwells were all made of thinner steel. Along with other weigh saving techniques, BMW shaved off 400 lbs compared to the standard model.\u00a0In 1973, the 3.0 CSL was powered by a 3.2-liter inline-6 making 206 hp, which meant a power-to-weight ratio of 13.6 lbs\/hp \u2013 remarkable for a road vehicle at the time. Only 167 3.0 CSL road cars left the factory between 1973 and 1975.<\/p>\n

G82 M4 CSL<\/h2>\n

There was one more CSL model between the 3.0 and the new M4 CSL (E46 M3 CSL), but it was a non-US affair. In contrast, the G82 M4 CSL will arrive to the United States later this year and it\u2019s rumored to be limited to a bit over 300 units. Of course, it is not as lightweight as the original 3.0 CSL, but BMW engineers still managed to shave off 240 lbs from the M4 Competition model. It also comes with additional 40 horsepowers for a total of 543 hp. The U.S. base\u00a0price of $139,900 plus $995 destination and handling didn\u2019t deter BMW buyers and all units are rumored to be sold out.<\/p>\n

In the photo gallery below, we have a chance to see all the CSL models displayed on the iconic Laguna Seca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW M\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration tour\u00a0stopped last month at the iconic Laguna Seca Raceway. After displaying a fleet of classic and new models at\u00a0the\u00a0Legends of the Autobahn, BMW of North America joined the racing activities at Laguna Seca. Every year, BMW tracks\u00a0an extraordinary collection of classic racing cars, and this year was no exception. Among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":30696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}