Lighter, more hardcore M4 (CSL)
 

All but confirmed in this months EVO, in an interview with M Boss Freidrich Nitschke.

Of course, those at the M presentation last May, during the homecoming in Munich, will already be feeling confident about this, but the latest does sound very promising all the same :

EVO : "Will there be a lighter, more hardcore M4 ?"

Freidrich Nitschke : "Of course we are thinking, for example, that Porsche is very successful with such special models in the life cycle. We did this in the past. And I think we will do this also in the future"

:thumbs:

Where is Roland

Will it be at an acessable price, with a decent amount produced, is the big question.

If they do produce a M4 lightweight (CSL) version. It will be an instant swap from my E92 to one!

It's early days, but based on the initial reaction to the new cars, I think they need to get this version out a bit quicker. For the new M3/M4 not to get 5 star reviews has to be a sackable offence in Garching. Catchpole in Evo is underwhelmed for the same reasons as other journos.
Compare the response to when the E46 came out.

Here, Shimmy :smokin:

:hahaha::hahaha:

So how has the mew M3/4 gone down in Germany with the press?

Autocar only kind of gave it a warm welcome.

Will be interesting to see what the chimp thinks of it.

His written review is on Pistonheads but the video couldn't be released in time due to embargo rules I think. Seemed to think pretty highly of it, but I think he judged it as an "M3 for the modern world" rather than comparing with their previous efforts.

I expect he will give it 5 stars.