Ford even had to change the paint schema, since the Capri II with its softer lines was now on the market so the RS 3100 had to look a bit like that. In 1973 it took a popular class victory at Le Mans, it won a slew of races in the IMSA GT Championship in 1975, and countless victories in sports racing car competition around the world in the mid-to-late 1970s.The car you see here is one of the first 110 Batmobiles built, and remarkably it’s still in largely original condition throughout thanks to its low mileage and gentle use over the decades since it was first delivered to the BMW dealer in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1973.The car retains its original Chamonix Metallic exterior paint with which it left the factory, as well as the original “Batmobile” aerodynamics package (including the front air dam, twin front fender spoilers, roof spoiler, and three-piece rear wing). Shellsport British F3 Championship,B.R.D.C. The 1974 edition had been bad; the 1975 edition was even worse. Cars competed under FIA Group 2 Improved Touring Car regulations which allowed a variety of touring cars of different sizes and engine displacements to race together, from the small Fiat 600 and Mini to the large Jaguar Mark 2 and Mercedes-Benz 300SE In 1963 races and hillclimbing events at Nürburgring, Mont Ventoux, Brands Hatch, Mallory Park, Zolder, Zandvoort, Timmelsjochand eve… BMW developed the 3.0 CSL to compete in the European Touring Car Championship and the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, it also raced in the IMSA GT Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans over the course of its production life.
European Formula 2 Championship (1967-1984) European Formula 3 Championship 1975-1984 European Formula 5000/Shellsport Group 8 Championship (1969-1977) European Formula Renault Championship (1972-1977) European Formula Super Vee Championship (1971-1982) European Le Mans Series (2001) European Touring Car Championship (1963-2004) The European Touring Car Challenge, as it was originally known, was started in 1963 by Willy Stenger, who created the series at the behest of the FIA. Most importantly, the original numbers-matching engine, reading just 39,072 km from new, remains installed in the recently tidied engine bay.It’s entirely likely that this is the best preserved original BMW 3.0 CSL Batmobile in the world, so it’ll be interesting to see what it sells for when it crosses the auction block with RM Sotheby’s on the 12 of May in Monaco. He spent a large part of his career competing in,Dieudonné also made the trip to Australia on other occasions to drive in the,Complete World Touring Car Championship results,Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results,B.A.R.C. Tullius won the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) B-Class championship that year.


- Jean-Claude Doret / Bernard Carlier / (Alain Peltier) - BMW 3.0 CSi - Précision Liegeoise/Serge Power - Jarama - 1975 European Touring Car Championship, round 6 A pan-European championship for Saloon cars, or Touring Cars, consisting of circuit races as well as hillclimbs. In 1970 the series name was changed from European Touring Car Challenge to,In 1982, the FIA replaced Groups 1 and 2 with,The championship was cancelled after the end of the 1988 season, due to escalating costs (a one-off,In 2002, due to high costs FIA decided to let Super Touring make way for the new class,The European Touring Car title was given from 2005 until 2009 to a once a year,Starting in 2010 the ETCC will once again become a multi event racing series.

Power was increased to 200 hp at 5,500 rpm and torque was increased to 204 lb-ft at 4,300 rpm.All versions of the BMW 3.0 CSL were fitted with a Getrag four-speed manual gearbox, sending power back through a limited slip rear differential. Presented by Steve Rider Commentary by Murray Walker