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Press Kit for BMW M3 CSL at the Geneva Motor Show 2003
Fri Feb 28 12:00:00 CET 2003 Press Kit
BMW M3 CSL at the Geneva Motor Show 2003
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BMW Group
The New BMW M3 CSL: Intelligent LIghtweight Technology and Supreme Driving Dynamics. (Short Version)...............................................................3 From the Lightweight Concept to the Production Car: BMW M3 CSL (Long Version)..............................7 Specifications. BMW M3 CSL.......................................................19 Torque and Output Diagram BMW M3 CSL.......................................................22
The New BMW M3 CSL:
Intelligent Lightweight Technology and Supreme Driving Dynamics.
(Short version)
A new sports car now embodies the very core of the BMW brand in its most
original style the M3 CSL. Taking up the heritage and legendary success
of BMW's famous lightweight coupés which gained fame in touring car racing back
in the '70s, the engineers of BMW M have once again created a
purist, thoroughbred sports car consistently designed and built to the highest
standard of excellence.
In recognition of the fact that the weight spiral constantly going up can only
be brought to a halt by radically reducing all moving masses, BMW M?s
engineers, in developing this new car, have turned a thrilling lightweight
concept into reality. For the new BMW M3 CSL is not only more powerful than the
already very dynamic M3, but is also a lot lighter and therefore even more
nimble.
In developing the M3 CSL, however, BMW M did not focus on the radical reduction
of weight alone. On the contrary the task the designers
and development engineers gave themselves was to create a car full of purist
driving dynamics, a car absolutely pure in every respect, down to the very
last component. And the result, finally, is unique, absolutely unmarred driving
dynamics and a purist character.
The BMW M3 CSL thus combines supreme agility with the ultimate driving
experience. With its outstanding power-to-weight ratio of only 3.85 kg/bhp,
this new car moves into an entirely new dimension. So the engineers at
BMW M are quite sure that this sports car is able to break the 8-minute sound
barrier on the legendary Northern Circuit of Nurburgring, the ultimate
benchmark in driving dynamics.