1973 Bmw 3.0 Csl Batmobile

This 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL "Batmobile" VIN: 2275461 is for sale on Cars & Bids! Extensive Restoration, Lightweight "Non-City Package" Car, Later-Production 3.2-Liter Inline 6! Auction ends July 7 2025. The success seen by the 3.0 CSL Batmobile on the track was extraordinary, it won the European Touring Car Championship outright in 1973 and from 1975 onwards it won the crown 5 more times. The CSL also took a class win at Le Mans in '73, and a slew of other race wins in other championships across the continent before the end of the 1970s.

Vehicle history and comps for 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL "Batmobile" VIN: 2275461 - including sale prices, photos, and more. A pristine 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL, one of only 1,265 ever produced, has sold at auction for $127,000 - a testament to the growing collector value of BMW's legendary "Batmobile" homologation special that dominated European touring car racing in the 1970s. The BMW 3.0 CSL is one such vehicle-a car so influential that its DNA is woven into every M model that has followed.

A Closer Look at the "Batmobile" Bearing a moniker as evocative as "Batmobile," the 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL was more than just a nickname. Thus equipped the Batmobiles were able to defeat the previously all-conquering Ford Capri RS2600s, Toine Hezemans capturing the 1973 European Touring Car Championship for BMW at the wheel of a 3.0 CSL and co. A BMW 3.0 CSL "Batmobile" started at around 40,000 German marks in 1973, says BMW Group Classic, which converted to USD would've been around $12,480.

Adjusted for inflation, that'd be $84,000 in today's money. Built along three distinct series between late 1972 and 1975, BMW's 3.0 CSL (the "L" suffix signified "leicht" or "lightweight") "Batmobile" was truly a homologated racing car for the road. Just 1,265 examples were factory-produced, of which 765 were left.

Are you trying to find 1973 BMW 3.0CSL Batmobile values? The Hagerty classic car valuation tool® is designed to help you learn how to value your 1973 BMW 3.0CSL Batmobile and assess the current state of the classic car market. Completed on 1 August 1973, this BMW 3.0 CSL is the third of 167 examples that received an uprated 3.2-litre inline six-cylinder engine and the radical aero kit that earned the car its "Batmobile" nickname.