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Originally Posted by southlight
The difference is that all the other brands also have an image being strong enough to sell these cars. Many here already said that they would prefer an GT3 for the same price, which is understandable based on the GT3's image. BMW had to realize that they dont have an image being strong enough to sell a "souped up 3 series" for the same money. Hence, they won't even try.
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south
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Who said it has to cost the same money? The fact that its based on a 3 series should be an advantage... not a negative because of the ability to take a cheaper chassis (then say a 911 chassis) and then apply the ltw treatment to it.
Im not trying to justify $120,000 3 series but there is no reason BMW couldn't build a $75k-85k CSL m3, and it wouldn't sell here.
BTW I guess its obvious that racket bmw was pushing 2 years ago about, "A csl (or gt4 as it turns out) version wouldn't be a significant improvement on the normal e9x m3"... basically they added 30hp, bolted on coils & big brakes and replaced the front seats/removed the rears and the chassis is 15+ sec faster around the ring.