From the South East Queensland Correspondent: a BMW E9 CS
This awesome BMW 3.0 CS (aka E9) - photographed by South East Queensland correspondent PeteR, in response to a 3.0 CSL featured in our recent Noosa Concours d’ Elegance post - has really got my motor running! But it’s also got me wondering about the hierarchy of the CS line-up … . The Noosa CSL ( https://uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com/2024/07/noosa-concours-d-elegance-2024-part-2.html ) . Here, in précis, is what a bit of googling has revealed: First, but not lowest in the E9 hierarchy, is 1968’s 2800 CS which, unsurprisingly, features a close enough to 2.8 litre version of BMW’s legendary M30 straight six (2,788 cc, to be exact). Next in line is today’s feature car, the 3.0 CS of 1971, with a twin Zenith carburettored version of the M30 and a capacity of 2,986 cc. Released simultaneously was the 3.0 CSi, which, as you’ve probably guessed, has the same donk but runs fuel injection and is therefore maybe a bee’s penis more desirable. A year later saw the introduction of t