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Written by Rowan Horncastle
In 1972, ex-Porsche works driver and Ford"s former racing manager Jochen Neerpasch plus a few other brainy people had one intention: to make fast BMWs. Over a few steins, they bashed their big foreheads together until some engineering magic spilled out. It arrived as a single letter: M". This gang were the founding fathers of BMW Motorsport GmbH, a go-faster division that"s gone on to fill trophy cabinets with umpteen race wins and birth some of the coolest, most iconic road cars ever. But before M could go racing, it needed to jump through some legal hoops. The company needed to make a homologation special E9 that superseded the CS, or Coupe Sport. The 3.0 CSL was the result.
Date written: 8 Jun 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8071
In 1972, ex-Porsche works driver and Ford"s former racing manager Jochen Neerpasch plus a few other brainy people had one intention: to make fast BMWs. Over a few steins, they bashed their big foreheads together until some engineering magic spilled out. It arrived as a single letter: M". This gang were the founding fathers of BMW Motorsport GmbH, a go-faster division that"s gone on to fill trophy cabinets with umpteen race wins and birth some of the coolest, most iconic road cars ever. But before M could go racing, it needed to jump through some legal hoops. The company needed to make a homologation special E9 that superseded the CS, or Coupe Sport. The 3.0 CSL was the result.
Date written: 8 Jun 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8071