Some errors on the most expensive CSL
Almost all CSLs have "something wrong". I remember BMW Classic's own CSL (4355046), that was sold at the Dubai auction last year. It went for more than 200k USD and was renovated by BMW classic and still with a lot of "wrong things":
- New style brake fluid cannister
- Wrong style of hood support holder
- Torpedo wall rubber covers in wrong direction
- Wrong color on the headlight-cover plastic/metal bolts (black instead of white)
- New style airfilter clamps
- Black windshield washer tubes
- Wrong heather-console (a pre-73 style in a car built in May 1975 - should have texts instead of symbols!)
And the biggest deviation from factory original: the car was Polaris from factory, but Chamonix after BMW Classics renovation. Not even BMW Classic gets everything in a correct way when they renovate their own cars.
This car is, so far, the most expensive street CSL sold at an Auction. I'm pretty sure it's a really nice car and renovated to pristine condition. The details I have mentioned above are easy to correct.
Serious errors like non-alu doors etc could hold down the price for a CSL, but details like for 4355046 should have no impact on the price. There are so few CSLs and Bats for sale, so the market always decides the price.
My personal opinion is, as long as the CSLs are much cheaper compared to Porsche Carrerra RS, the upside is much bigger than the down-side as regards to CSL price evaluation.
I would not be surprised if we, in the near future, would see prices paid around 250-300k euro for pristine and rare street CSLs (still with a lot of small details that needs to be corrected).
Cheers
Henric
