E60 M5 CSL built by BMW for 5-series 25th anniversary
10-28-2009 | 03:32 PM
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E60 M5 CSL built by BMW for 5-series 25th anniversary
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A one-off lightweight E60 M5 CSL was unveiled today at BMW's Nurburgring based prototype workshop. This car was built to commemorate the 5-series 25th anniversary. Albert Biermann, BMW M division's head of development summarized the car as "the M5 CSL we never built" (though we would have loved to see it earlier and available to the public). Source: Autocar via bimmerfile
Mechanical changes include a heavily tuned version of the M5's 5.0L V10 motor. The V10 motor has been enlarged with a longer stroke result in a total volume of 5.5L, which is the largest displacement ever featured in an official M car. The engine also now features a carbon fiber manifold, increased capacity air box and secondary oil cooler. To feed the enhanced engine, the front bumper features an extra air duct (where license plate normally attaches) to take in more air. The transmission was swapped out for the current M3's 7 speed DCT.
According to Autocar, official power and torque figures have not been released but Biermann hints the output peaks at “around 580bhp and close to 400lb ft”. That’s up from 407bhp and 348lb ft with the standard M5. No performance claims have been made for the powered-up-and-pared-down M5, but Biermann says it is “comfortably faster the standard M5’s 4.1sec 0-100km/h”.
As part of the car's weight savings diet (which shaves approximately 50kg off the standard M5's 1830kg weight), the roof is now carbon fiber, which lowers the car's center of gravity for increased handling. The interior has been stripped down for carbon fiber backed race seats up front and the rear seats were removed.
In terms of its suspension the new M5 remains close to the standard specification. “We’ve altered the mapping of the variable dampers but the geometry remains the same,” says Biermann.
As confirmed to Autocar, the new one-off M5 it has already lapped the Nurburgring in the hands of long-time BMW race driver, Claudia Huertgen, in under eight minutes, making it some 20sec faster around the legendary German circuit than the standard M5.
“It’s a lot gutsier than the standard M5,” says Huertgen, who this year drove the new Alpina M6 GT3 race car in the FIA sportscar championship. “You can sense the added drive out of corners. There’s more bottom end shove. I’m pulling over 180mph under the bridge at the Doettinger Hohe [the fastest point of the track]."
As desirable as this car may be to all of us however, this car remains a one-off and there are no plans for production.
Mechanical changes include a heavily tuned version of the M5's 5.0L V10 motor. The V10 motor has been enlarged with a longer stroke result in a total volume of 5.5L, which is the largest displacement ever featured in an official M car. The engine also now features a carbon fiber manifold, increased capacity air box and secondary oil cooler. To feed the enhanced engine, the front bumper features an extra air duct (where license plate normally attaches) to take in more air. The transmission was swapped out for the current M3's 7 speed DCT.
According to Autocar, official power and torque figures have not been released but Biermann hints the output peaks at “around 580bhp and close to 400lb ft”. That’s up from 407bhp and 348lb ft with the standard M5. No performance claims have been made for the powered-up-and-pared-down M5, but Biermann says it is “comfortably faster the standard M5’s 4.1sec 0-100km/h”.
As part of the car's weight savings diet (which shaves approximately 50kg off the standard M5's 1830kg weight), the roof is now carbon fiber, which lowers the car's center of gravity for increased handling. The interior has been stripped down for carbon fiber backed race seats up front and the rear seats were removed.
In terms of its suspension the new M5 remains close to the standard specification. “We’ve altered the mapping of the variable dampers but the geometry remains the same,” says Biermann.
As confirmed to Autocar, the new one-off M5 it has already lapped the Nurburgring in the hands of long-time BMW race driver, Claudia Huertgen, in under eight minutes, making it some 20sec faster around the legendary German circuit than the standard M5.
“It’s a lot gutsier than the standard M5,” says Huertgen, who this year drove the new Alpina M6 GT3 race car in the FIA sportscar championship. “You can sense the added drive out of corners. There’s more bottom end shove. I’m pulling over 180mph under the bridge at the Doettinger Hohe [the fastest point of the track]."
As desirable as this car may be to all of us however, this car remains a one-off and there are no plans for production.
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I know what they mean but doesn't the C in CSL stand for coup.
In the 70's they had the bmw 3.0cs and the 3.0s. One was a 2 door the other a 4 door (later became the Bavaria). The lightweight version of the cs was called the CSL.
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In the 70's they had the bmw 3.0cs and the 3.0s. One was a 2 door the other a 4 door (later became the Bavaria). The lightweight version of the cs was called the CSL.
And yes I am fun to talk to at dinner.
10-28-2009 | 08:02 PM
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CSL=Coupe Sport Lightweight...go figure.
The Bangled up E60 has grown on me over the years.....which I'm certain won't the case with the current TL and RL.
10-29-2009 | 09:29 AM
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Everyone here in Car Talk/Auto News knows how I pretty much wrote off the new TL. I swore that I would never like it because it was impossible to make the car look good.... I will say that with the new RJ grille though, it's looking pretty good, at least from the front and the sides. I'd still have to do a rear fog light delete and cover them up and blend them in with the bumper, but its not too bad. It's never taken that long for a car to grow on me before, but it has. The RL wasn't as bad looking to me, but the rear is a lot worse than the TL's.
One thing I could never stand on the E60 since its intro is the headlights, and I still can't stand them. Don't think that will ever grow on me. I'm sure its incredible on the track and on the road but I'd rather have a mint, low mileage E39 M5 if money wasn't a factor... that's just me. An E39 M5 with the V10.... I would take that over the E60 any day of the week.
One thing I could never stand on the E60 since its intro is the headlights, and I still can't stand them. Don't think that will ever grow on me. I'm sure its incredible on the track and on the road but I'd rather have a mint, low mileage E39 M5 if money wasn't a factor... that's just me. An E39 M5 with the V10.... I would take that over the E60 any day of the week.
10-29-2009 | 05:43 PM
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I think graphics belong on race cars. If you have a huge wing and a gigantic front splitter with enormous fenders, putting on stripes doesn't seem as silly.
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Everyone here in Car Talk/Auto News knows how I pretty much wrote off the new TL. I swore that I would never like it because it was impossible to make the car look good.... I will say that with the new RJ grille though, it's looking pretty good, at least from the front and the sides. I'd still have to do a rear fog light delete and cover them up and blend them in with the bumper, but its not too bad. It's never taken that long for a car to grow on me before, but it has. The RL wasn't as bad looking to me, but the rear is a lot worse than the TL's.
One thing I could never stand on the E60 since its intro is the headlights, and I still can't stand them. Don't think that will ever grow on me. I'm sure its incredible on the track and on the road but I'd rather have a mint, low mileage E39 M5 if money wasn't a factor... that's just me. An E39 M5 with the V10.... I would take that over the E60 any day of the week.
One thing I could never stand on the E60 since its intro is the headlights, and I still can't stand them. Don't think that will ever grow on me. I'm sure its incredible on the track and on the road but I'd rather have a mint, low mileage E39 M5 if money wasn't a factor... that's just me. An E39 M5 with the V10.... I would take that over the E60 any day of the week.
. I LOVE the car so much, but the maintenance costs are silly, otherwise I would probably buy it off him in a year (it is a 2003). I have lots of time to change my mind though LOL.
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