Interestingly, for new cars, the massive rear wing was left in the boot ... In 2003, BMW Motorsport gave us the M3 CSL, of ...

Here was a car designed to rescue the M3’s track-evolved credibility following the disappointingly tubby E36 years. The CSL had a carbonfibre roof and rear diffuser, aluminium doors, a plastic ...

From the hood, to the front splitter and even the rear diffuser coupled with ... The CSL originated with the 3.0 CSL in the ...

The M3 never changes but my impression of ... automated single-clutch manual elicits thumps from the rear on full-throttle upshifts. The CSL is also a reminder that it took BMW far too long ...

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