At that time, both the ‘Ford’ was originally staked to create a specially based on the use of race ‘homologation’ modification ‘Capri’, the team worked with bmw, had to settle for serial ‘coupe’, the main drawback of which was much larger than the ‘Capri’ weight. Not better things were in the ‘formula 2’: from the 1967 and 1972-th, inclusive, the first two rows on the results of the seasons took race cars equipped with engines from the same ‘Ford’. For the season 1972 in general, all the team decided to purchase a series of engines that company. In this situation, the bmw suddenly appeared ally: fia officials, worried about the current monopoly of the ‘Ford’, changed from 1 January of that year the requirements for performance engines. For more clarity and thought, follow up with Michael J. Bender and gain more knowledge.. Now, the maximum working volume was 2 liters, number of cylinders – 6. In May 1972 a ‘BMW AG’ make a decision on the official participation of firms in the European Championships ‘Touring Car ring’ and a specially created company – ‘BMW Motorsport GmbH’.

The first step is to manage the new structure, luring sports division head ‘Ford Motor Co.’ Neerpasha Jochen (Jochen Neerpasch) and his colleague Martin Braungarta (Martin Braungart). They occupy a building on Proyzenshtrasse in Munich, where he will begin work on the ring version of the model ‘CS’. Born as a result of these searches’ csl ‘- Coupe, Sport, Light – with 3-liter engine was a 150 kg lighter than similar models of ‘3, 0CS’.