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      12-30-2020, 05:41 AM   #1
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Top Gear review the BMW E46 M3 CSL

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The greatest ever M Car? It’s right up there, despite its infamous blemish. All the most iconic performance cars have a quirky backstory, or have a chink in their armour that makes owning, running and driving one that little bit more involving. The more effort you put in, the more satisfaction you get out…

Which is an ethos that fits the BMW M3 CSL perfectly. Keep the gearbox in auto, drive it like it’s a modern paddleshifted M4, and you’ll harrumph at its jerky changes. Put in a bit of work – like you would if you were driving a manual M3 quickly – and you’ll not only iron out some of the transmission’s flaws, you’ll ratchet up the size of your grin.

With a factory-fitted manual gearbox, it’s probable this car would score a perfect ten. Every other facet of its chassis and drivetrain is so, so scintillating. But there’s no doubt it’s a more interesting car for its oddball SMG transmission. And just look at where we are with such gearboxes now. Just like with its vast swathes of carbon trim, the M3 CSL was a pioneer in the performance car world, possessing these things before they were the norm.

It’s perfectly imperfect, and we love it. Blemishes an’ all.
Full review can be read below:

https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/bmw/m3-csl



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