Registration: JJU 404L
Chassis No: 2285236
Odometer: 79,546
• One of just 500 UK supplied right hand drive examples
• Subject to a light restoration in 2011 including bare metal respray
• In current BMW enthusiast ownership since 2017
The BMW 3.0 CSL, unveiled at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show and launched in 1972, was a lightweight, high-performance version of the 3.0 CS/CSi Coupé, built on the E9 platform. Created as a homologation special for the German Touring Car Championship, it was developed by a division that later became BMW Motorsport GmbH.
The CSL earned major racing success, including class wins at Le Mans (1973-74), victory in the 1975 IMSA GT Championship, and domination of the European Touring Car Championship from 1973 to 1979. The ‘L’ stood for leicht (light), reflecting its weight-saving measures such as thinner steel, aluminium panels, and an aerodynamic kit. Of 1,096 cars built, around 500 reached the UK-most with the ‘City Package,’ which added comfort features at the cost of some weight. Early carburetted models (2,985 cc) were left hand drive only, succeeded by 3,003cc fuel-injected versions, available in both left and right hand drive. Of the 500 cars originally supplied to the UK, only 82 cars are licensed on the road at the time of writing, with a further 58 registered as SORN.
