BMW 3.0 CSL
This year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard we’ve been celebrating 50 years of BMW M, the Bavarian marque’s beloved motorsport subsidiary turned performance megabrand. As is convention, the Central Feature elevates a number of special models from the marque’s history into the skies over the House. Let’s go through these five incredible M racing cars.
The very first BMW Motorsport project was the E9 3.0 CSL, a European Touring Car Championship challenger for 1972. CSL stands for Coupe Sport Leicht, referring to the thinner steel in the bodywork as well as the use of alloy panelling, among other measures taken to reduce weight. The car on the Central Feature is one of the 1,265 road cars built to homologate the racer, with which six drivers titles were won during the 1970s.
BMW 3.0 CSL
This year at the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard we’ve been celebrating 50 years of BMW M, the Bavarian marque’s beloved motorsport subsidiary turned performance megabrand. As is convention, the Central Feature elevates a number of special models from the marque’s history into the skies over the House. Let’s go through these five incredible M racing cars.
The very first BMW Motorsport project was the E9 3.0 CSL, a European Touring Car Championship challenger for 1972. CSL stands for Coupe Sport Leicht, referring to the thinner steel in the bodywork as well as the use of alloy panelling, among other measures taken to reduce weight. The car on the Central Feature is one of the 1,265 road cars built to homologate the racer, with which six drivers titles were won during the 1970s.