Watch as this S54-powered, lightweight E36 reaches the final stages of its assembly, with a gigantic carbon airbox and neat 3-D printed interior bits.

Here was a car designed to rescue the M3’s track-evolved credibility following the disappointingly tubby E36 years. The CSL had a carbonfibre roof and rear diffuser, aluminium doors, a plastic ...

The E36 M3 that replaced the E30 in late ’92 didn ... 2000 for the E46 M3… and then wait another three years for the CSL. What a great-looking car. The CSL exudes confidence.