US M3 to CSL conversion

[Neil M]

There are more than 2 in the States, but I'm not at liberty to say how many or where they are located.

Only another 10 years 2 months to wait then? They say that "Patience is a Virtue" but I think most will have run out of it by then.

Of the publicised 422 UK cars, there is said to be only 300 remaining as road registered, 122 have been lost in the passage of time.
Presumably this depreciation would also apply to LHD's, makes you wonder will there be any left to import, if that trend continues for the next 10 years?

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by Neil M

There are more than 2 in the States, but I'm not at liberty to say how many or where they are located.

Only another 10 years 2 months to wait then? They say that "Patience is a Virtue" but I think most will have run out of it by then.

Of the publicised 422 UK cars, there is said to be only 300 remaining as road registered, 122 have been lost in the passage of time.
Presumably this depreciation would also apply to LHD's, makes you wonder will there be any left to import, if that trend continues for the next 10 years?

Neil,
You say "lost", don't forget that a lot of the missing cars have been exported to other countries (Australia, South Africa, Japan and I even saw a right hand drive car registered in Switzerland).

[Neil M]

Just to clarify 'Lost' as in lost no longer on our roads, for whatever reason; SORN, exported, written-off etc!
Known UK exported CSL's include: Australia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Latvia and Malaysia
PS: South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong had their own RHD allocations, Japan received LHD's and not as most of us would have assumed RHD's. (they must have turned ambidextrous!)

[m3dragon]

Well to the knowledge of the general BMW community here we know of two. If there are more then they have been hidden away somewhere and are not driven.

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by Neil M

Just to clarify 'Lost' as in lost no longer on our roads, for whatever reason; SORN, exported, written-off etc!

It just seemed that you were suggesting that the numbers had reduced significantly, where many still exist - just not on our shores .

[_Nathan_]

Mine is sorned