M3 Csl Competition

CSL light: Klaus Huber's BMW M3 E46 with Competition package. A rarity in the hands of a real enthusiast: BMW M engineer Klaus Huber on his BMW M3 E46 with Competition package. 5 October 2023.

The M3 CS's twin-turbo 3.0-liter straight-six is boosted from the Competition's 503 horses to 543, matching the 2023 M4 CSL. The new M3 CS will start at $119,695 when its limited. The M3 CS takes the best from the all-wheel drive Competition and M4 CSL to create a deeply appealing (and expensive) four.

The M3 CS, essentially a souped-up M3 Competition xDrive, gets the Club Sport Treatment, while the M4 CSL is BMW's ultimate high-speed iteration of the M4. Starting with the M3 CS, it's a front. As a recap, CS standards for Competition and Sport, but you might notice that it's missing the "L" part that you'd find in something like the M4 CSL or the limited-production 3.0 CSL.

That's. The new E46 M3 CSL was not conceived with competition in mind. Instead, it was simply a European market special with uprated brakes and suspension, a more powerful engine and an array of lightened components that resulted in a near 12% weight.

The M3 CS's liposuction pays off. With a 2.7-second 60-mph time, it's a tenth quicker than the M3 Competition xDrive and six-tenths quicker than the CSL (thank you, all-wheel-drive traction). BMW stole the show at the 2025 Silverstone Classic with the M3 E30, CSL "Batmobile," 2002, and Z4 GT3 racing across multiple historic series.

CSL: three letters that give every sports car fan goose bumps. The BMW M3 CSL is regarded as an icon and the crowning achievement of the third M3 series. What's more, the M3 CSL still occupies the same unrivalled position amongst the various models in that series as it did when it was first launched.

With it, BMW M took everything the top echelons of motorsport had to offer in 2003 and once. Although the M3 CSL was never exported to the United States, for 2005 BMW introduced an M3 Competition Package in both Europe and the US (a.k.a. CS/Club Sport in the UK): a $4,000 option which offered a number of upgrades taken from M3 CSL.

The package includes.