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Originally Posted by lucid
CSL has become an icon, .....And if that brand/culture/values are "diluted"--as in M SUVs--it is natural that some people will not like it. Otherwise, how could one justify paying $200k+ for a Ferrari for instance? There is an emotional component to all of this.
Why do you care that some people care about the CSL?
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Absolutely! In my book the CSL says something about developing the M concept as far as it can go and it is aspirational even for those of us who are quite content w/ the lovely current M3. And buying these cars - given the deplorable fuel consumption for one - are not rational decisions.
Building a CSL would be an offset to the trend to building ///M Xers - akin to the 'sell-out' but commericially successful decision by Porsche AG to make the Cayenne. The CSL sends the right message, but I suspect that w/ all the back-lash about high petrol prices and the global slowdown that some beancounters killed its development.