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3.0 CSL Turbo

3.0 CSL Turbo (1976) · 1976–1976RWDGT

The Group 5 3.0 CSL Turbo used a 3.2-litre turbo six making around 750 hp, the wildest CSL, and the Frank Stella Art Car raced it at Le Mans in 1976.

740 hpPower

307 km/hTop Speed

1976-1976Year

Gallery

3.0 CSL Turbo, every angle

Exterior

Own work · Photo: BMW

Engineering passport

Specifications

Powertrain

Engineering details

Engine3.2L inline-6 turbo

Displacement3.2 L

Cylinders6

FuelPetrol

TransmissionManual

DrivetrainRWD

Performance

Numbers that matter

Power740 hp

Top speed307 km/h

Weight1050 kg

Fuel tank120 L

Dimensions & body

Length4630 mm

Width1900 mm

Height1300 mm

Wheelbase2625 mm

BodyGT

Doors2

Seats1

STORY

The BMW 3.0 CSL turned the elegant E9 coupe into a track weapon and gave BMW Motorsport its first great icon. "CSL" stood for Coupe Sport Leichtbau (lightweight): thinner steel, aluminium panels and Perspex windows shed weight to homologate the car for European Touring Car racing in the early 1970s.

Its nickname, the "Batmobile," came from the dramatic aerodynamic package of a deep front air dam, roof and bootlid spoilers and a towering rear wing, shipped in the boot because such wings were not road-legal in Germany. On track it was devastating, winning the European Touring Car Championship repeatedly through the 1970s and cementing the reputation of BMW Motorsport, the division that would soon become BMW M.

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