This is Where the BMW M3 Peaked? Ex Stig Explains

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BMW have made some of the best driver's cars the world has ever seen, and the M3 CSL is up there with the very best of the best. The one thing that always held it back though was the SMG semi-automatic gearbox, leaving M car fans pining for a manual gearbox. Thanks to the guys at EverythingM, their prayers have been answered...

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[reide]

"Who am I to express an opinion?" The Stig. *The* Stig. That's who. A living driving legend.

[ThePodcastPodcastOfficianato]

If you play the video on mute, it feels just like the stig is reviewing it. 😂

[CarObsession]

Ben is obviously a very, very good driver, but he's a fantastic presenter, so much so it kinda makes you think that him being The Stig for so many years wasn't fully utilising his talents.

[stephenjameson]

Ben Collins doing road tests is excellent. Perhaps Ben and Chris Harris should do their own show. Would be quite happy watching them race each other

[MzuksOwase]

“They don’t make them like this anymore” that line lives rent free in my heads

E90 series absolute favorite, E46 legendary timeless design in my opinion, anywho BMW groupie all the way

[mgtf]

Ben is a natural presenter. What a waste to have him silent for all those years on that old show.
I’ll take the old CSL.

[CarCrazy]

The E46 CSL is a top 10 car for me. I’ll never forget watching the Top Gear episode when this debuted, that carbon intake and that sound it creates is just incredible.

[garyclark]

A point to note, the CSL did a 7.50 around the ring like 20 years ago.
Tyres have changed alot in that time, I’d be very interested to see how fast it would do with a modern set of cup 2’s

[will]

These road tests with Ben Collins are better than anything topgear has released in the last 10 years.

[MrSlowly]

Loving Ben's conciseness. No long into or outro, just getting straight to the point. Though the CSL is clearly a special one of the cars of his TG era, I'd happily watch him re-reviewing every single car he drove back in the day and tell a little anecdote about it and what it was like reviewing it back in the day.

[bran]

This is peak m3, peak BMW and peak automotive... Doesn't get better then this...

[TheCloser]

So glad I lived in a time where I got to experience proper Top Gear. As bad as I miss it, glad to see y’all are still out here making enthusiast happy!

[Hostilenemy]

From wikipedia: "The boot floor cover was made of lightweight fibre-board (not cardboard as infamously described on the Top Gear television show)"

You know what, let's keep calling it cardboard. It's funnier that way since it makes the German engineers grumble.

[antoniop]

An E92 owner here who can appreciate the timeless beauty of the E46.

[basilfabian]

Really love the way the E46 looks. Timeless design 👌

[EthanTurner]

Still baffles me that you film all these driving videos right on my doorstep in South Wales, reminds me how lucky I am to live here as a car enthusiast, hopefully I actually spot one of you guys filming one day!

[tomnewham]

I would definitely buy this manual CSL M3 over any other M3. Even though the modern M3's are faster, this in my opinion was peak BMW. In fact the modern M2 is more like the old M3 so I would actually pick a new M2 over a new M3.

[YUSH]

Some say, that he's now exploding with words and that DT has made the best decision of taking him in the channel


All we know is, he's not *The Stig* (anymore), but he is *Ben Collins!!*

[oppos]

Not to discount the point Ben’s making at 2:45, but EPAS systems are still physically connected to steering racks in a similar fashion to hydraulically assisted pumps. The only power steering setups that are actually, literally disconnected are steer-by-wire setups.

Again, the point still stands. EPAS setups are at a severe disadvantage when it comes to intuitive loading characteristics.

[mrmonday]

2:40 EPS racks are also connected to the wheels, it's just using an electric motor for assistance rather than hydraulic pressure.