1972 BMW 3.0 CSL - The coolest BMW EVER ?!

The 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL could well be the coolest BMW ever made. This stunning example, fully restored a couple of years ago, is one of only 500 righthand drive 'City Pack' UK cars. Presented in Golf Yellow it oozes 1970's cool.
I was invited to come and drive this BMW icon by Ben, the owner of CarvaultCo. This car is for sale so for more details click this link...
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Video Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:09 - Welcome to the BMW 3.0 CSL
02:05 - 1 of only 500 !
04:12 - No wings on the City Pack !
05:15 - What an engine !
06:37 - Interior
07:56 - Start up
08:20 - Ben's amazing link to the car !
11:26 - History of the car
13:06 - What is CarvaultCo
16:24 - How much is it ?
18:48 - Shall I come back ?
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[@Jon.O]

Electrics cars may be the way forward but I doubt very much that they could ever replace the feeling someone gets when driving something like this. An absolute classic.

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 👍

[@bearcatXF]

Watch "Burt Rutan on Climate Change".

[@andrewlittle250]

Oh Peter, Peter, Peter, you are such a cruel man! That. CSL took me back to when I was 11 years old. My late father was the PDI Manager for BMW Concessionaires Ltd. Like every 11 year old boy I was a car nut (nothing has changed there). Dad came home telling me about this stunning car that had just arrived. The following day after school I cycled down to BMW Concessionaires Headquarters in Chiswick High Road and there was this amazing car in the same yellow colour as the one in your video. The sad thing is that I never got a ride in one.

[@PetrolPed]

What a lovely story 🙏🏻

[@andrewlittle250]

I seem to remember the car became David Blackburn, the CEO of BMW Concessionaires company car and the lower half was painted dark blue. After BMW took over importing BMWs themselves, David Blackburn went on to found the Colt Car Company, which became Mitsubishi Motors U.K..

[@inikphoto]

The most beautiful bmw ever!

[@Lazarusart]

I don't like BMWs but that car is one beautiful looking machine. Love the colour too.

[@malkovich7789]

WooooooW!!!!!Spectacular,outstanding,beautiful clour my god,amazing yes indeed,what a design...thx Pete,and yes to the Z8,great job buddy

[@ianashton1593]

Was in my late teens in 72 and clearly remember the first time I saw one of these, it was on the Oadby bypass just outside Leicester. Thought it was gorgeous then and it still looks amazing today. Great stuff 👍

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Ian 👍

[@georgedaville4662]

Remember these BMW’s in the early 70’s, loved them from first sight 😍 A guy whom I went to school with, hid Dad had a silver one, I used to help my mate wash it👍

[@kevincross9206]

Couldn’t agree more Pete, to me, that era of Beemer is the best, just looks so good . I remember an ex boss of mine had a 2002tii and it was so ahead of its time. Munich Legends have some gorgeous cars in, about 5 miles from me over on Ashdown Forest. From a neighbours experience with them when he had a 8 series that needed some work doing, they are extremely fair too.

[@PetrolPed]

I need to pay them a visit 👍

[@evomark4077]

My Dad bought a 1972 3.0s from Cronk in Chipstead back in my youth. I have always loved that generation of BMW & what a great example is this one!

[@thecarbroker]

How wonderful! Do you happen to remember the registration number?

[@PetrolPed]

No way 😮

[@evomark4077]

@@thecarbroker I could be wrong, but I seem to remember LYX 139K. It was metallic lime green. It was a used car when he bought it. Owned it for at least 10 years. As a 14 year old, I carried out my first ever cylinder-head rebuild on it, quite a challenge as a total novice! 😄

[@richardhargrave6082]

Not a fan of modern BMWs, but I love this!

[@johns14a]

"Luckily, I've spent a bit of time recently in a GT40". You old name-dropper you 😂😂😂. This is a lovely, lovely car. Whoever buys it is going to be very lucky. Great video Ped, well done.

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks mate 👍

[@kevinphillips9408]

Magnificent. I remember walking around London in the mid 70s and falling in love with them. There was a BMW show room on Park Lanebwhich had one in the window. I walked passed there on my way to work and just drooled.

[@PetrolPed]

I love that cars can bring back memories like this 👍

[@michaelcole455]

Incredible car,I remember the BMW 3.0 CSL back in the 1970's great to know the owners background too,a tremendous heritage,such a fantástic example,beautiful sound from a 3 litre too..thanks só very much..

[@PetrolPed]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@murrieteacher]

I drove one of these in 1976, I remember the feel that was unlike anything I had driven before. And that engine was a revelation. Thanks Peter, I don't know how I missed this video until now.

[@andrewd7586]

And this is the reason you just don’t mess with original cars!😍🤤👍🏼🇦🇺

[@johnwaga3702]

Back to the days when BMWs were stunning!

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@ianbanister2027]

Epic.... nut & bolt restoration. Ours is full of history... a well looked after "used" example. They are stunning though, either way.

[@alasdairwilson4806]

Very nice car and very nicely filmed.The first thing you notice is that there is so much glass.Stunning example.

[@PetrolPed]

Yes indeed. Amazing visibility 👍

[@stevew579]

what a car they don't make them like this anymore

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 😢

[@owenmcdonald5922]

I remember when BMW's were beautiful. Plain clear dials. Not any more. Come on BMW, you can do again.

[@oliverhulme9451]

Got to love a dog leg 1st! Lovely car, great video as always

[@PetrolPed]

Oh yes 🙌

[@nickpatrick7021]

That interior is gorgeous. Obviously everything in a modern car interior is much more well-integrated and intuitive, but they rarely feel as special as a nice classic interior

[@jbrown7403]

Absolutely love the E9! I think my favorite part is the “missing” B-pillar. The car just looks so damn cool with the windows down for a nice autumn drive 👍

[@jeffabbott463]

Lovely lovely car in a great colour and with a great soundtrack.

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 👍

[@TheCurlyP]

What a great sound!

[@PetrolPed]

Indeed 👍

[@Rodmm1984]

Excellent example of a true classic. These 'mechanical marvels' will never be repeated and should be cherished. I love the dash, dials, interior and the external body line design, this has been lost in modern cars. This is what reviewing is all about...examples of ultra modern battery🔋 powered and absolute classics of internal combustion 👌 You must have been in your element Ped 👌 I, like many others, will always love the internal combustion, 'proper driving pleasure'... That will never be replicated with modern battery power 💪

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Rod 👍

[@LOGOASSASSIN]

I wanted one. I had the 2002tii in the same colour, showed off at Brooklands. The idea of turning one into an EV is INSANE but there's MANY insane people out there, especially after the covid BS.

[@torstenziegler4826]

One of the best car in appearance and look.

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@coltoncleveringa8004]

Such a pretty BMW. Wow 🤩 fantastic video. Great presentation and overall video Sir Pete! Wow that car sounds good!!

[@PetrolPed]

Cheers Bud 👍

[@guylambrechts2303]

I'd go for the Z8 but this one looks the part. Nice car collection! You should absolutely get some more on camera!

[@PetrolPed]

Yeah. The Z8 is nigh money though 😮

[@GableEnder9]

What a beautiful car. So stylish and I even like the colour! Whatever happened to BMW’s styling department? So boring nowadays.

[@PetrolPed]

They took the last few years off 😂

[@tinniswood2577]

I believe the accounts department now also do the design work. 😂

[@fredvallenet]

Oh what a beauty! Mega cool indeed. Thank you for this great presentation.

[@PetrolPed]

My pleasure 👍

[@terrymolloy6997]

Boy oh boy!, Beautiful car and I love it, great restoration ❤️

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@markscars1069]

Now that is class.

[@carlstevens3850]

Hope you got paid for an amazing advert. Lovely car and great colour.Don’t know anyone who loves cars that are now thinking how to finance it🇬🇧👍......still thinking 😎

[@PetrolPed]

LOL 😆

[@stephenlaw9827]

Wow what a car, thanks.

[@PetrolPed]

My pleasure 👍

[@robertbboyd2003]

Spectacular car.

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

Omg what a treasure trove that place is. If carlsberg made nissen huts.. brilliant vid ped.

[@PetrolPed]

Oh yes 🙌

[@colinbillingham6703]

Another great one Sir Peter, keep up the good work 👍

[@PetrolPed]

Will do 👍

[@wiggi1968]

What a nice car 😍 Love these! Was just shocked at the price 😳 I would've guessed half that.

[@smurph1962]

Takes you straight back to my childhood ,super motor 😊

[@Tony-jf5tx]

Hi Pete You drive the original it's great mate I was lucky enough to drive one back in the day I have never forgotten how lucky I was what an amazing car I'm sure you enjoyed mate you brought happy memories back now in my late 60s all the best mate great video as normal.

[@PetrolPed]

Thanks Tony 🙏🏻

[@jamiep61]

I enjoyed watching the Video. A very nice Classic BMW Model

[@johns14a]

You can't have watched very much when you wrote that comment. It's a 20 minute video and you wrote it about 4 minutes in...

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Brilliant episode stunning car …. It doesn’t get any better than this 👌👌👌👌

[@PetrolPed]

Next week is pretty special too 👍

[@noggles69]

One of my all time favourite cars and definitely on my lottery list, I get why you might electrify a classic where the original engine was rubbish like an original Fiat 500 or a beetle but not when the original engine was glorious and integral to the character of the car like on one of these, great video and I'd love to see you review the Z8, another car in my fantasy garage!!

[@928Porscheman]

Hopefully one day Peter your social media career will bring you enough money to become a collector connoisseur and buy vehicles like that BMW when you see them. The Mrs and Petrol Pooches would love that classic as well.

[@PetrolPed]

That would be nice 👌 😜

[@shirleyboy8859]

I have just seen another video of a CSL but in a Metallic Blue with Tabaco interior... Stunning.... The only thing that upsets me with this car is that the rear window looks like the front windscreen..... Only a little thing... but that is what can make the difference between good and perfect... :-))

[@roberthenderson4922]

Just needs the 8 track banging out some 70s hits. my uncle had a BMW 3.0L SI saloon very quick car in its day. I remember being kid in the back going down the M23 and the police blew the engine in a Granada V6 trying to catch him

[@PetrolPed]

LOL 😂

[@mwed]

Beautiful car and great video - thought that there were 1,200 CSL made & not 12,000??

[@dangreasley7934]

You've found yourself another little gold mine there Pedro. Love that car but a little out of my budget. Cheers..

[@PetrolPed]

Mine too 😂

[@tinniswood2577]

Looking at some new BMW's, i could weep. Its akin to shopping for a new chest freezer.

[@PetrolPed]

😂😂😂

[@JDSFLA]

When I was in university this is the car I desired. Being a student I certainly could not afford to buy one.

[@PetrolPed]

I can’t afford one now either 😂😂😂

[@jonathanboreham8717]

Best year ever

[@rayfowler5038]

Great video with a fantastic car. Lovely to see a car like this in such great condition. I see that Porsche Club Sport is up for reasonable money, maybe one for your collection 🤔😜

[@PetrolPed]

I know…it’s very tempting 😬

[@s10lucky]

Wow. If only new ones sounded half as good!

[@PetrolPed]

Yeah I know. Not an OPF in sight 😂

[@wordreet]

Oh Em Gee ! 😛❤ There are cars that I like even more than this, but they are few and far between! God! I love that sound! Actually, engines with three or multiples of three cylinders, seem to have something of a musical sound. Maybe it's just my ears. Hopefully you'll get to drive a 2002Tii some day Pedro.

[@PetrolPed]

I’d love to 👍

[@andreww501]

my dad had one of those , he used to say best car he owned was bmw 2002 ti

[@grandadgamer8390]

was nice, but the pinnacle of design for me has to be the 635CSi, had one back in the day, must have been crazy to of parted with it 😮‍💨

[@jimcabezola3051]

Like you,, I liked the 6-series better, too. Back in the early '70s, I waggishly thought of BMW as "Bathtub Motor Works". That changed when the E21, E23 and E24 cars were released.

[@librtyhair]

awesome

[@simonalexandercritchley439]

Wonderful car Pete. A friend owned a 1974? 3.0S (4door) which was quite tatty and rusty when I drove it about 10 years later, that sound brought back memories. In New Zealand dollars you would need to double the price, add shipping ,gst and customs. Please take the Z8 for a drive next I always liked these.

[@PetrolPed]

I would love to go back and drive it 👌

[@philipparkes5682]

Hi Ped What a beautiful car🥰 from the era of BMW at its best. Please go back and try the Z8 before it is sold.😎

[@PetrolPed]

I will 👍

[@richardcarter1000]

Proper car. Love it.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@scottyg9167]

My favorite car ever: the E9. To electrify one is such a travesty. Nevertheless, this one?!? Oh if only I lived in UK

[@grahamwest1079]

Very nice

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@bispal]

That's so good, thanks for sharing, now where's my credit card 🤣

[@PetrolPed]

Thought you’d like that 😜👍

[@pipmeister2103]

Reminds e of back in the day in Germany whilst over there had a 2002Ti was good too be able too open it up on the autobahns. Lesson learnt quickly of power & rear wheel drive after pulling out of a junction in the wet coming out sideways bonus-it was tax free. Was a tough choice as the first golf grid was out in production too. Added bonus all tax free. Made a good profit when I put it in for part ex on the first Audi RS3

[@leighwhite6363]

Fabulous video PP , what a beautiful car. I remember when i was a technician i had a customer with a Csl citypack and it failed the mot on a corroded exhaust, he refused to pay the , i think, £600 for a BMW one so we had to fabricate one from steel tubing as he was selling it for what i thought was a very steep £3000 for an old dated car back in the early 90s . If only i knew then 🙄

[@PetrolPed]

Oh I know. A crystal ball would be very useful 😂

[@andygtv]

One of my favourite also 2002 and M1👍😀shame about the prices gone crazy

[@ginggur17]

Evening sir, well this is a bit tasty I must say. 👍🇬🇧

[@PetrolPed]

Hi mate 👋

[@peterthwaites5891]

Now that`s a beautiful car... From a time when the BMW designers knew how to Penn such light and delicate looking bodies for their cars, a far cry from the hideous huge grilled modern tanks they now offer, and thank the lord it`s not been converted to electric...

[@PetrolPed]

😂😂😂

[@CASFAN]

Stunning, stunning thing. If I had £145k going spare, that would certainly be a strong contender for a place in the garage. 1 year older than me and it’s aged significantly better 😂

[@PetrolPed]

Yeah I know the feeling 😂

[@kevinnunn1]

Nice video & maybe do a video with the Porsche 968.

[@PetrolPed]

I hope to go back when it’s ready for sale 👍

[@francoisg3500]

First!! Evening all! Hope everyone is doing well and have a lovely weekend.

[@PetrolPed]

Boom 💥

[@gordonsteen5266]

I used to work for BMW in Ireland and the owner of the franchise had one of these in identical spec. What a fab car to drive. Every chance i got i was out in it

[@PetrolPed]

Love this 👍

[@automotivania]

Not too keen on that particular colour but aside from that it’s one of the nicest looking older BMWs - inside and out.

[@PetrolPed]

Yep 👍

[@cliftonmcintosh6193]

Nice get the z8 out 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@stevewall3246]

Classic Petrol Ped👍

[@PetrolPed]

I hope that’s a good thing 😜😂👍

[@stevewall3246]

Yes definitely, proper journalism 🍻🍻🍻

[@peterleighton279]

So that’s persuaded me to but a few extra lottery and Euromillions tickets! I love that shape

[@PetrolPed]

It bought a couple of Lucky Dips but sadly didn’t even get a number 😂

[@peterleighton279]

@@PetrolPed 🤣🤣

[@dickiemcvitie1752]

Hmmm.. very nice. Maybe one day..

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@briangriffiths114]

I much prefer this era of BMW which had far more character than the more recent ones. My bias goes back to being driven at 110 mph every day over the Tay road bridge in a BMW 2002 by a colleague during the 1970s.

[@PetrolPed]

Cool 😎

[@andrewb293]

0:04 the sound of the handbrake being applied. Ahhhhh!!!!

[@PetrolPed]

😂😂😂

[@andrewb293]

Your IAM instructor would not be impressed. 🤦‍♂️

[@martinda7446]

Do the wipers work? Shame about the interior (seats).

[@fredscratchet1355]

Surely the coolest classic BMW was the 2000 CS.

[@davidhagan6571]

Hi can I ask you if you could have the choice would you rather have cupra formentor v2 hybrid or new HYUNDAI TUCSON premium addition as I know you have tested both thanks 😊

[@shirleyboy8859]

Now I have seen you smile whilst driving an EV...... But I would bet a lot of Money that you did not get the buzz and the Involvement that you did driving this Beautiful Car..... "Go ahead punk prove me wrong"..... :-)))

[@PetrolPed]

No…I can’t…because you are right 😜😂

[@shirleyboy8859]

@@PetrolPed Bless ya PP.... :-)))

[@shirleyboy8859]

@@PetrolPed The good thing is that cars like this will be around for a long time to come..... Long after we have gone.... :-))

[@mwed]

Not two cigarette lighters! One is for the windscreen wipers

[@martinda7446]

There was a standard 3.0 CSi abandoned in the Vauxhall London Tesco car park.. In around 2002? Don't think even the Tesco is still there, if indeed it was a Tesco. I looked at it in its silver coachwork, quite a few times wondering,. It would have cleaned up well, looking like a decent straight car. Who does that? This is indeed the coolest BMW ever made, absolutely no doubt, 2002, no, M1 comes closest, but isn't beautiful like this. The 700 is lovely, don't like the 507 styling so much. Of the more modern era, the M3(E30) is best. Saying that the only BMW I had was a 2000 Lux 67 which was also very nice and I preferred the styling over the very similar 2002. Then I went for Minis and Triumphs. Then Fiats and Alfas.. then zzzzzzzz. Cars. Jeez.

[@PetrolPed]

👍

[@TheFartfish]

Food for algorithm ;-)

[@PetrolPed]

👊

[@TheFartfish]

@@PetrolPed 👊

[@johnhutchinson635]

Evening all 👍

[@PetrolPed]

Hi 👋

[@nicolasseric7930]

Dans ma jeunesse je me suis promener plusieurs fois dans ce modèle mais a conduite a gauche 👍👍👍

[@smurph1962]

Evening all tgippf 🍻

[@johntyson1958]

I am an original owner of a 73 CS.

[@PetrolPed]

Nice 👌

[@christopherwhitehead8946]

Please drive the 968 cs.

[@PetrolPed]

I plan to 👍

[@mikejf4377]

Hi, still strange to see you in that truck.

[@PetrolPed]

😂😂😂

[@stevey-nwas1230]

Never ever ever drive a E9 in damp wet conditions at high speeds.... The back end will have you leave the road

[@sebdupree1]

16:39

[@shahrokhabedi3476]

❤❤e9

[@ianroper2812]

Now, that’s nice…none of this Porsche rubbish.

[@PetrolPed]

😮

[@stevey-nwas1230]

You closed the door from. The wrong place It only. Has one Cigarette lighter and the other one is for the wiper speed

[@gerryjamesedwards1227]

You need big collars, big hair and a big 'tasche to drive that car effectively.

[@zorilaz]

Give it to me