All-new BMW M4 CSL revealed with 550hp – lighter, lower, faster and firmer limited-edition car celebrates BMW's half century in unmistakeable fashion.
in 20 years, and there’s a huge amount of track-optimised tweaking to talk about, this is also a G82 M4. A modified one, at that. So let's get how it looks out of the way first… , this new M4 gets BMW’s Laserlights as standard. That’s probably the least contentious part of it. Because, yes, that’s also red pinstriping for the new carbon bonnet, and for the kidney grilles , and for the badge.
But there’s a whole lot more to the CSL than lasers and red bits. The headline figures are mighty, this new M4 representing nothing less than the fastest track car ever built by BMW. Power for the S58 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six is up to 550hp, which means 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds and 190mph. Meanwhile, weight is down by 100kg against a standard Comp to 1,625kg, and the Nurburgring lap time is 7:15.
Elsewhere, the car rides 8mm lower than standard, with helper springs on both axles to “improve road contact in dynamic situations.” A new under-bonnet brace is obviously intended to increase structural stiffness, with both engine and transmission mounted more rigidly than standard. The front axle has been modified to permit additional negative camber , and the rear axle now benefits from ball joints in place of rubber mounts for the subframe and wheel carrier control arms.
Inside the CSL is familiar from the M4, at least from the B-pillar forward where the solitary pair of seats are. There’s more Alcantara and more carbon, as befits a circuit special, some CSL embroidery and some M tricolour seatbelts that you might want to immediately switch for harnesses. But it’s recognisably M4, which is no bad thing, right down to the Head-up Display, M Drift Analyser and standard auto gearbox lever.
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