BMW M4 CSL
CSL
Coupe,sport, lightweight. Only two cars in BMW’s history have earned the CSL badge. How does the third stack up?
WORDS OLLIE MARRIAGE
“IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THIS IS THE
FASTEST TRACK CAR BMW HAS EVER BUILT”
1. In case you hadn’t spotted the alterations already, BMW has picked out the badge in red. It’s done the same with the seats, while the external graphics are, thankfully, optional
2. To celebrate 50 years, all BMW M cars built this year will feature the original M badge. It’s on front and back as well as the wheel centres
3. No, we’re not going to let Ollie build us a car either
Photographic studios are resourceful places. If you look hard you can find enough clobber to make the basic layout of a car: four seats, hi-fi, steering wheel, stepladder as a centre console, vacuum as the motor, cable reel to represent the electrics, there’s a fan in there, a child seat, a broom, helmet, oil can and more besides. Admittedly it got more tenuous. The point is this: that pile you see in the top right photo on the page opposite weighs 100kg. Exactly. I know this because I took my bathroom scales along.