Beautiful Group 2 BMW 3.5 CSL ‘Batmobile’ Up for Sale
Images & history via Art & Revs
This absolutely stunning Group 2 BMW 3.5 CSL ‘Batmobile’ has history competing in Germany’s DRM series in Group 2 as well as the IMSA series under Group 5 specification. Fully restored and ready to race, it’s up for sale at Art & Revs.
The car, chassis 2210270, was built by FALTZ in 1972 and began its life as a 3.0 CS race car.
Rudiger Faltz drove it under Group 2 during the inaugural 1972 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft series, continuing his campaign in ’73 before the car was sold to Graziano Cancian half way through the year. Cancian built the car up to 3.5 CSL specs, installing a Schnitzer engine to get there, and competed in DRM and the European Touring Car Championship through to 1976.
In 1979 Cancian sold the car to Californian Peter Herke, who continued its upgrade path, shifting it to Group 5 spec so that he could compete in the United States’ IMSA series. Herke ran the car through to 1985 and pushed its development significantly during that time.
1985 saw the car put into storage, where it stayed until, in BMW Motorsport colours, it participated in the 20th anniversary of BMW Motorsport at Sebring in 1992. Herke would occasionally run it at historic meets following this event before eventually selling it in 2007.
At this time it went to James Hanson, who restored it back to the original Group 2 specification of its time in the ETCC with Graziano Cancian. Hanson only kept it a few years before selling it to Richard Meins, who ran it in Masters Historics before selling it to Gregor Fiskens. Fiskens then gave it a complete go-over to bring it to its current immaculate condition, attaining a fresh FIA HTP at the same time.
This is a stunning race car in race-ready condition, sold with a well documented history as well as period documentation and images and the original Group 5 components from its time as a Group 5 car.
For more details and the full history, see Art & Revs’ website here.
Images & history via Art & Revs
