BMW M3 CSL Supercharged sets new record on the ring- WOW!

Swedish racing star Richard Göransson once more took place behind the wheel of the project car "Loaded", and drove lap around the Nürburgring Nordschleife that puts supercars like the Koenigsegg, Pagani and Porsche in the shade. With the time of 7 minutes 22.8 seconds around the 20.6 kilometer long track he was over five seconds faster than the original target of 7 minutes 28 seconds.



"It was an utterly fantastic feeling when I saw the time on the display! We have fought hard since 2004 and finally we have reached our target, and then some!" said Göransson.

Göransson arrived at the German track on November the 5th with owner and builder of "Loaded" - Anders Fransson.

But the day almost ended in tears. On the fastest part of the track, where the speed hits around 300 km/h, the front splitter came off.


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ThierryHenry14 - 11/20/2007 5:19:01 PM

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is this production?

DiamondJim - 11/20/2007 11:55:02 PM

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EXHILARATING!!!!!!!!!

who are the idiots that draw on the Ring such infantile rants?

i want to see video of the driver doing his shifts...

GermanNut - 11/20/2007 5:55:06 PM

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No, this is not a production car. Good job for BMW, but unfortunately you can't drive this on public roads.

Bill - 11/22/2007 10:34:21 AM

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The'Ring is considered a "public road" in Germany. The laws that apply on normal German roads also apply on the 'Ring.

S4cabriofoxone - 11/20/2007 6:09:50 PM

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Nice! I still love the way the CSL looks...

chris760 - 11/20/2007 7:55:47 PM

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me too! the car is NICE

lenkun - 11/21/2007 10:25:43 AM

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Nice? I think you mean RICE!

lenkun - 11/20/2007 6:28:00 PM

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Sure it's nice, but is it as quick as the IS-F? And even if it could hang with the IS-F, who would want to buy that when they can get the faster GT-R for less money?

BTW, that body kit and spoiler looks RICE!!!

theoptimisticpessimist - 11/20/2007 6:44:31 PM

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Congratulations! you win "The Most Inane" comment of the day!

chris760 - 11/20/2007 7:54:59 PM

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i love to see comments so stupid like that one!

S4cabriofoxone - 11/20/2007 10:10:51 PM

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The GT-R isn't faster than this car.

DUH, it beat it around the Nürburgring.

Spuck - 11/20/2007 10:43:08 PM

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You're a moron, the body kit and rice spoiler are for FUNCTION NOT FOR LOOKS! Never mind, you're clearly an idiot that you can't be reasoned with!

LEXUSpos - 11/21/2007 1:32:47 AM

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Look rice.

The whole damn IS-F is RICER CRAP!

IS-F ugliest Lexus made!

vman1013 - 11/21/2007 1:10:00 PM

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listen this guy is 13 so you have to discount some of what he's saying. he mentioned in another post that "when he can get a license in three years".

Kinger - 11/23/2007 8:47:12 AM

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The GTR can't lap the ring in in 7:22, so the IS-F surely couldn't. This is a supersharged 600bhp CSL. Its pointless trying to compare the production IS-F and GT-R to it.

autopro - 11/20/2007 7:10:10 PM

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Man he must be a great driver.

farabira1 - 11/20/2007 7:11:53 PM

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Well isn't this time even faster than the time posted by Porsche carrera GT? That is a monstrous performance. I think this is the most radically configured CSL, probably even couple hundred pounds lighter than the standard CSL.

EL34 - 11/20/2007 7:48:04 PM

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You know that's impressive, but in the actual world all any of us need is a 1964 Dodge Dart with push button transmission.

You see there's these things called speed limits and on most freeways we can't drive above 65mph.

:)

LE34 - 11/22/2007 4:40:46 AM

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BMW sucks

Porschinator - 11/20/2007 8:18:01 PM

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Bummer...thought it was the new PRODUCTION M3 CSL. Nevermind...

Need4Speed - 11/20/2007 8:42:36 PM

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He probably could have been faster. Lost a few tenths because of people getting in his way!

Need4Speed - 11/20/2007 8:45:51 PM

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Also,...this is why people buy sports cars...to get the feel that your driving a car like this. IMO it's no fun to drive a car that any tourist with a camera can jump in and drive fast. It's gotta have an edge to it that requires skill to control...not technology that plays down the lack thereof.

Need4Speed - 11/23/2007 3:11:03 PM

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What??? ONLY -2 deboost...come on you can do better than that....haters must have taken a vacation!!!

Brembo - 11/20/2007 8:48:30 PM

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Has the Veyron ever been at the Ring?

S4cabriofoxone - 11/20/2007 10:12:33 PM

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The Veyron is not exactly a canyon-carver. It's a couple thousand pounds too heavy for that.

SevorbeupstryIsBack - 11/21/2007 3:46:08 PM

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Yes, it did it in 7:40.

Mind you, the Veyron is not a track car.

ThierryHenry14 - 11/20/2007 9:36:26 PM

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The quickest time by any car around the ring... 6:11.

vitalichaconne - 11/21/2007 12:10:37 AM

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you're point being?

ThierryHenry14 - 11/21/2007 9:17:18 AM

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if its not production, then why post a time target of 7:28? Unless they are planning to homologate this car into production.

Gennissen - 11/21/2007 1:23:29 AM

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MY GOSH!!! Now thats driving hard. this guy's breaking and throttle control were perfect. that car has some serious grip too. i'm amazed at how he managed to maintain so much speed in the crucial corners. well down!!

golfer38 - 11/21/2007 10:18:03 AM

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I agree. When I watch the Pagani video, it seems like that driver doesn't quite push it to limit like this guy. Of course you wouldn't want to wreck a $600,000 Pagani.

SX123 - 11/21/2007 3:59:49 AM

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The GTR is better.

xj13 - 11/21/2007 4:01:00 AM

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No it's not!

Heyhuub - 11/21/2007 6:19:55 AM

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This isn't even a record.

Edo Competition did a 7:15 in a tuned Porsche 996 GT2 in street legal trim a few years back.

Heyhuub - 11/21/2007 11:22:35 AM

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Actually an outdated 911 was already faster then this a few years back.

S4cabriofoxone - 11/22/2007 12:51:37 AM

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"marginal VW R8?"

You are a pathetic fool.

lenkun - 11/21/2007 10:24:46 AM

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Let me get a few facts straighten out here for you guys. The time 7:22:85 is no big deal for a non-production highly tuned car driven by professional race car driver.

FYI: Paris Hilton can do 7:22 with her Mercedes-Benz/McLaren SLR 722 also, thus the 722 was named to honor it's achievement around the Nürburgring track in 7:22 time. I believe the SLR 722 GT could do a few seconds faster too.

When the NISMO GT-R EVO V-SpecII comes out next year, it'll eat the M3 CSL for lunch.

ThierryHenry14 - 11/21/2007 10:33:02 AM

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wait... what?

Brembo - 11/21/2007 10:48:41 AM

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"Now thats hot!"

Kinger - 11/23/2007 10:16:59 AM

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What the hell are you talking about lenkun, the 722 refers to the victory by Stirling Moss in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with the starting number 722 (indicating a start time of 7:22 a.m.) at the Mille Miglia in 1955.

And Paris Hilton can get a time of 7:22 around the ring?

You must be another fake, this site is full of them.

ThierryHenry14 - 11/21/2007 12:27:34 PM

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your comments are not very intelligent...

Bugatti is not a piece of crap, just because it "cannot turn". I don't even know what you are trying to say, because it does turn, perhaps not as well as other cars, but is lacking the best turn radius what makes a car crappy?

Please consider that its main purpose is not track performance.

And where did you find that 40% of all production is sitting in the factory without buyers, because I saw that they were sold until 2009, and last I checked, we are not in 2009 (2010 production) yet.

S4cabriofoxone - 11/22/2007 12:53:24 AM

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SHUT UP! AND GET OFF THIS WEBSITE!

Just GO AWAY. You are ANNOYING and nobody cares about what you have to say!

The Veyron is not "PIECE OF CRAP!" It's an incredible car that you WISH you could ever see, let alone buy! It's just not a lightweight sports car, it's an engineering achievement!

LEXUSpos - 11/21/2007 7:17:18 PM

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I am BMWpos evil twin. Lexus is the most overrated car company in the world. The softest, unperformance like rides period. Go test drive one you will see yourself. Horrible. For the moment Lexus is à la mode.

LEXUS= slush-box

mini22 - 11/21/2007 2:59:08 PM

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First of all this CSL is not a normal production car.It's highly modified.Based on that it's not really a fair comparison for production cars.Sounds like this car is set up as a race touring car.I'm certain the any of the Euro Touring Cars in that series could beat a production cars times around the ring. What then does this proove. The answer is nothing.Therefore its not a fair comparison. A supercharged CSL with race track suspension is not production and therefore this whole thing is bogus.

SevorbeupstryIsBack - 11/21/2007 3:45:22 PM

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This is a proper BMW. It looks, sounds and goes like one too. This car makes me hate Bangle even more.

And boy it must have had a good chassis considering they still can pull this off!

xj13 - 11/21/2007 5:16:49 PM

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kraut_master = You have know idea, go away.

mini22 - 11/21/2007 5:47:27 PM

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xj13 I think Kraut was implying that this is not a stock bimmer. Also while the GTR is slower around the ring it is a production car while this bimmer clearly is not.So frankly I'm not sure what the point is by proving a modified car not intended for production with a track suspension is faster then a production car.Your comparing apples to oranges here.

Heyhuub - 11/22/2007 9:46:17 AM

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It's not really astonishing. There are many so called street legal race cars which are faster.

Kinger - 11/23/2007 8:48:21 AM

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^ Can anyone find the stop button, this record is broken...

LE34 - 11/22/2007 4:39:18 AM

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Ohh! BMW and AUDI. It's like comparing a Piece of crap(BMW) with a great interieur(AUDI)! No chance.

S4cabriofoxone - 11/23/2007 12:34:01 AM

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???

I won't even address the "Piece of crap(BMW)" talk, because that's trolling.

But Audis are now just "great interieurs?" Interesting.