{"id":416,"date":"2022-11-28T20:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/?p=416"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:24:47","slug":"bmw-revives-iconic-3-0-csl-with-high-price-tag-super-powerful-straight-six-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/2022\/11\/28\/bmw-revives-iconic-3-0-csl-with-high-price-tag-super-powerful-straight-six-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Revives Iconic 3.0 CSL with High Price Tag, Super-Powerful Straight-Six Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Available in Coupe, Sport, and Lightweight, the new CSL is clearly modeled after the classic “Batmobile” road and race car from five decades ago. Image credit: BMW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MUNICH, GERMANY – To celebrate the company\u2019s 50th anniversary of its performance and motorsport division, BMW has been releasing a series of limited and special edition models throughout 2022. And the cream of the crop in terms of these limited releases is coming in the form of a revival to the iconic BWM brand: the new, very powerful \u2013 and very expensive \u2013\u00a02024 BMW 3.0 CSL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available in Coupe, Sport, and Lightweight, the new CSL is clearly modeled after the classic “Batmobile” road and race car from five decades ago. The original CSL was a high-powered vehicle that participated in \u2013 and won \u2013 a number of touring car competitions throughout the 1970s, and while it\u2019s original 206 horsepower engine may seem somewhat tame by today\u2019s standards, its upcoming successor does a more than adequate job of upping the ante in terms of what\u2019s under the hood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to BMW, the 2024 CSL features the most powerful I-6 engine the company has ever engineered for road use, sourced from the 2022 BMW DTM racing car’s straight-six engine; it boasts 560 horsepower and 405 lb-ft of torque, with all of that power being transported to the vehicle\u2019s rear axle via a six-speed manual transmission with optional shift assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new CSL gets a locking active M differential, double-joint spring strut front axle and five-link rear axle active suspension, 10-level traction control, and M carbon ceramic brakes. The overall body mirrors the original CSL\u2019s lightweight body design, featuring carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) parts on “virtually all bodywork sections,”<\/em> according to BMW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new CSL gets a locking active M differential, double-joint spring strut front axle and five-link rear axle active suspension, 10-level traction control, and M carbon ceramic brakes. Image credit: BMW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There will only be 50 of the 2024 CSLs produced over the course of three months, with a special custom process for the paint job and numerous hand-made components. And all of that power and style won\u2019t come cheap- while the specific price has yet to be revealed, reports indicate that BMW could be asking for as much as $780,000 when the CSL hits retail in Europe in late 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MUNICH, GERMANY – To celebrate the company\u2019s 50th anniversary of its performance and motorsport division, BMW has been releasing a series of limited and special edition models throughout 2022. And the cream of the crop in terms of these limited releases is coming in the form of a revival to the iconic BWM brand: the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-market-updates","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n