The coupé built to race
The 3.0 CSL turned the elegant E9 into BMW's road certificate for touring-car racing. Aluminium panels, thin-gauge steel and Perspex cut about 200 kg; late cars added the loose-delivered aero kit now called Batmobile.
Market value · road
$201K–$359K
Typical $294K · 15 sales · -11% vs ’21–’22
Market value · road
$201K–$359K
Typical $294K · 15 sales · -11% vs ’21–’22
Market & Price
A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.
Records: 25 documented road sales on file · 2009–2026; estimate band $201K–$359K · good road cars. recorded sale prices · mixed hammer and premium-inclusive basis.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | -22.9% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +30.4% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +11.7% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | $248K | $301K | $365K |
| +12M | $236K | $309K | $403K |
| +24M | $222K | $324K | $472K |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
25 of 25 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
Public results rose from five figures in 2013 to the mid-six figures. Variant, factory identity and restoration quality explain more than sale year alone.
Floor
$201K
Typical
$294K
Ceiling
$359K
Estimate band for good road cars. 15 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Road cars only. Factory competition chassis and documented works racers sit outside this band.
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
Figures in USD. Auction-house sold figures are recorded as published; no currency conversion has been applied.
Overview
Alpina developed the first road-going lightweight from the E9 coupé. Aluminium panels, reduced-gauge steel, Perspex glazing and deleted comfort equipment removed about 200 kg from the 3.0 CS basis.
BMW Motorsport GmbH was formed in 1972 under Jochen Neerpasch. Its work produced the fuel-injected second stage and the 1973 final version: 3'153 cc, 206 PS and the aero package that supplied the Batmobile name.
The competition CSL won the European Touring Car Championship in 1973 and then five consecutive titles from 1975 through 1979. In 1975, Alexander Calder painted Hervé Poulain's Le Mans CSL, the first BMW Art Car.
Reference
The records
0
European Touring Car Championship titles
1973 and 1975 to 1979
~0kg
weight removed
against the 3.0 CS basis
0PS
final road-car output
factory figure at 5'600 rpm
0km/h
final road-car top speed
factory figure
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the BMW 3.0 CSL file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
The register separates the 3.0 CSL into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
Carburettor013 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The cars
Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.
06 documented · public records
The hands
The people whose work shaped the BMW 3.0 CSL.
Managing director and motorsport programme lead
Led BMW's new motorsport operation from 1972 and the later development stages of the road and competition CSL programme.
