BMW M3 Forum (E90 E92) - View Single Post - The M3 we saw today is a "base model"-CSL hybrid!

swamp2 · 03-06-2007, 05:50 PM

This is very important (and deserved its own thread IMO).

Some of the design features and perhaps some that are causing many of us to call a bit of "rice" like appearance on the car may be missing from the "base" E92 M3 or only present on the M3 CSL model. I would bet the following are reserved for CSL only: rims, tires, extra vent holes on hood (the ones near the power bulge), CF roof, CF interior trim. I think all the other design elements are 99% production.

In case you have not been keeping up and want my "proof" of this assertion see these two almost identical posts:

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...917#post748917
http://www.germancarzone.com/showthr...=11811&page=12

03-06-2007, 05:50 PM	#1
swamp2 Lieutenant General 611 Rep 10,407 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Diego, CA USA iTrader: (3)	The M3 we saw today is a "base model"-CSL hybrid! This is very important (and deserved its own thread IMO). Some of the design features and perhaps some that are causing many of us to call a bit of "rice" like appearance on the car may be missing from the "base" E92 M3 or only present on the M3 CSL model. I would bet the following are reserved for CSL only: rims, tires, extra vent holes on hood (the ones near the power bulge), CF roof, CF interior trim. I think all the other design elements are 99% production. In case you have not been keeping up and want my "proof" of this assertion see these two almost identical posts: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...917#post748917 http://www.germancarzone.com/showthr...=11811&page=12
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