If you want the story spoiled, BMW did in fact beat Ford in the European Touring Car Championship. The CSL originated with the 3.0 CSL in the 1970s. Resurgence with the E46 M3 CSL. Offered G82 racing ...

The end result is a gorgeous restomod, with references to several BMW products like the Nazca C2 concept and the E46 M3 CSL. The interior of the E31 has been upgraded with new bucket seats and ...

The BMW E46 M is already considered one of the best ... German Autobahn and shattered expectations. Unfortunately, the M3 CSL ...

Starting with the standard E46 M3’s S54 motor ... One of the things that holds the CSL back is its gearbox. It uses BMW’s second-generation SMG automated six-speed manual, so the clutch ...

Which vehicle? Lovingly dubbed 858 CSL after the 8 Series, the 5.8-liter V10, and the E46 BMW M3 CSL-style front bumper, this fellow is an E60 BMW M5 underneath. The original engine displaces ...

Had there been less dust on the runway, that mildly tuned M3 could have cracked into the 12s, besting the G 63's elapsed time ...

You figure after two different tuners had squeezed the M5's 500 HP V10 into an E92 BMW 3-series ... lineup would be the previous generation E46 M3. A CSL no less. You figure after two different ...

There were around 1,400 examples of the BMW e46 M3 CSL built, and by all accounts they were exceptionally well received. However, according to Ludwig Willisch, the boss of the automaker's M ...

That’s what we have with the 2025 BMW M4 CS. This is the exact-same ... premium over a standard M4. Next came the M3 CS. Much like the CSL, it too was a performance-oriented variant, but it ...

Even for a company that employs so many people rocking fast footwear, BMW Motorsport’s launch of a lightweight E46 M3 back in 2003 – the now iconic and appreciating CSL – was big news.

The E46 M3 CSL is one of those icons ... three-pedal manual in CSLs have been completed before, British-based BMW specialists Everything M3s has revealed a new package that does all the hard ...

OK, so it’s not an actual E46 M3 Touring (because BMW only ‘officially’ built one prototype), but what we’ve got here is a 325Xi Sport Wagon with many bits from an M3 - including the ...