The BMW E46 M is already considered one of the best ... German Autobahn and shattered expectations. Unfortunately, the M3 CSL ...

You figure after two different tuners had squeezed the M5's 500 HP V10 into an E92 BMW 3-series ... lineup would be the previous generation E46 M3. A CSL no less. Performing the swap is a feat ...

I was disappointed that BMW had switched to a four-door M3 at ... you might fall out of your chair learning that the M3 E46 CSL only weighed 3,053 lb (1,385 kg). However, standards in the ...

There were around 1,400 examples of the BMW e46 M3 CSL built, and by all accounts they were exceptionally well received. However, according to Ludwig Willisch, the boss of the automaker's M ...

Even for a company that employs so many people rocking fast footwear, BMW Motorsport’s launch of a lightweight E46 M3 back in 2003 – the now iconic and appreciating CSL – was big news.

Your passenger won’t get why the E30 BMW M3 is so revered ... Yet even in the company of the E46 M3 CSL and the much-lauded M2 CS, it still looks fantastic. You have to wonder why nobody ...

there’s little to distinguish the Coupe Sports Leichtbau from a standard E46 (2000-2006) BMW M3. Only the true cognoscenti ...

Starting with the standard E46 M3’s S54 motor ... One of the things that holds the CSL back is its gearbox. It uses BMW’s second-generation SMG automated six-speed manual, so the clutch ...

Even so, the CSL still tips the scales at 1,700kg, so although it’s lighter, it is not what you’d call a light car. The last BMW that wore the magic badge, the E46 M3 CSL of 2003, weighed just ...