{"id":1158,"date":"2007-07-24T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2007-07-24T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2007\/07\/24\/csl-version-for\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:55:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:55:45","slug":"csl-version-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2007\/07\/24\/csl-version-for\/","title":{"rendered":"CSL version for new E92 and all future M3s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/bmwm3csl031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bmwm3csl03\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/bmwm3csl03.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"262\"  style=\"float: left;margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><br \/> In an interview with Insideline, the BMW&#8217;s M division vice president Gerhard Richter has announced that there will be light version of the new E92 M3 and that the same will be true for all future M3s.<\/p>\n<p>The Coupe Sport Lightweight was a limited edition of the E46 M3 sold in the second semester of 2003. 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