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3.0 CSL
(i)
2275489
Alleged first "Batmobile" still alive
Title:
- TUT-S5
- M-YM313
Model code: 3451
Exterior color (paint code): Chamonix (085)
Factory options:
City Pack, steel doors, 4 power windows (front and rear), tinted glass, air
conditioning, alloy trunk lid with toolkit , 4 electric windows, air
conditioning, and strange seatbelts hanging from the roof. It does
not have a power steering, nor headrests
Comments:
The third 3.2-liter CSL produced and likely the oldest surviving one
(the first two were test cars). It was one of the cars on display at
the Aschheim test track in August 73, for the introduction of the
1974 range to the Press. In some press articles it was shown with
Alpina wheels and a Petri steering wheel, in others with prototype
Mahle wheels and a Motorsport-Ati steering wheel. This car was also
the winged CSL used for the B/W pictures of the IAA 73 press kit
Owners:
- 1994->today: Marc E (Switzerland): acquisition at a giveaway price. Nothing
happened since 1994, it was just stored in dry places. Restoration is
expected to start soon.
- 1990 or 1991-> 1994: changed hands several times but it was
never road registered again. All the successive owners were body
repair workshops and used-car dealers, which probably used the
car on trade plates occasionally. In July 1994 the last seller,
a Garage in Solothurn, wanted to get rid of the car at any
price.
- 1977->1990 or 1991: Roland Jenny, Switzerland.. Roland tried
to sell it on several occasions. A possible reason why the car
did not attract a new owner was that 2275489 had been relooked
(probably in 1977 already) and it looked pretty strange. It was
repainted Alpin-weiss, with non-original black stripes, with
protective mouldings on the sides, with Ronal "Kleeblatt" wheels
and with headrests in the back.
- 1974/Feb 1975: BMW sold the car to Hans Biermann, an
entrepreneur living in the Black Forest region. Now registered
TUT-S5, it wore the prototype Mahle wheels. It was raced locally
- Delivered on Friday the 13th of July to BMW's Sales and
Marketing division and fitted with the registration plate number
M-YM313. It was used for the famous black and white photos
included with the 1973 IAA press kit, and was also one of the
cars on display at the BMW test track in 8/73 (for the
introduction of the 1974 BMW range to the press)
- Production: July 1973
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