BMW M4 CSL: The Most Extreme BMW of the Modern Era - Matt Farah 3-Lap Review

Road & Track editor at large Matt Farah got behind the wheel of the new BMW M4 CSL at our 2023 Performance Car of the Year test. Here's how it went.
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[@NicholasZak]

Definitely not awd. More importantly would love to see the braking zones/mph rather than the camera focused solely on you. Otherwise great review.

[@nitghtimezest6668]

Hard to justify this price since the car has no xdrive

[@michal.laskowski.]

AWD???)))) Matt seriously?

[@ProDuoFoe]

Only rear wheel drive buddy

[@perfectlyirrational6777]

I’m looking to trade my gt4 718 for the csl. Do you think I’m making the right decision ? Primarily track focused

[@artagain8977]

Sounds gr8 too!

[@aconfusedazn]

240lbs huh Matt? 😂

[@i.p.9559]

Club Sport Light 0:42

[@loopba]

Rolling this over 6 weeks and after Christmas is just silly

[@dbeckMSP]

If the CSL is the race car, why is it still awd? Couldn’t they save even more weight by committing to the race car and going rwd? I assume it’s for all the millionaires but to me it seems like they left a lot of weight on the table

[@nlxsteve]

CSL is RWD.

[@nitghtimezest6668]

It wuold launch, croner and be overall faster if it had xdrive but the bmw cheaped out with the rwd

[@jryalls]

Best review I’ve heard of this car. Personally still can’t get over how bad this generation looks, didn’t think they could make it look worse but I was wrong after seeing a CSL in the flesh.

[@fifteen8850]

Disagree I think the csl is the best looking out of the models

[@chamaldealwis9]

Best review? He couldn’t even get the stats right 🙄

[@beauxr.benoit1374]

The next Lambo after the Aventador is not a Successor, it is the same car that has been on the same platform since the Diablo.

[@BrendanEvan]

Still seems so heavy at 3700lbs 😅

[@vikingusa2002]

Bmw go through all that trouble saving 240 pounds, then here Matt at 350 pounds . That defeats the purpose