The lightweight E36 Lightweight (not officially badged as a CSL) M3 cars pop up every now on then on eBay. Ones for sale off eBay are usually for sale north of $40,000. The price can be seen as justified with somewhere around 120 of these produced.
This car has traveled 74,000 miles and still looks good in the standard white and tri-color paint job of most the lightweights. The less is more M3 came without A/C, sound deadening, sunroof, or other luxury interior appointments. Aluminum panels also added lightness. This car comes fitted with the BMW high wing spoiler.
The owner says that he has all the original pieces for the car, but he has done some modifications, nothing that couldn’t be undone if a purist was taking an interest, though this definitely is more of a drivers collectable. Modifications include aftermarket headlights, and exhaust items, some extra gauges and some stereo improvements.
The owner retains the original window sticker on this car, which is a pretty neat thing to have on such a rare car. Currently the car is with its second owner and it has had 60,000 miles put on by him in the past nine years. As such the car has some road wear, but I’m sure it is happier than had it been sitting in a garage. The inside looks great, which is something to look for on these since the cloth only seats often show some scuffs.
The price of lightness here is $29,500. A fun car, but bang for the buck isn’t the greatest at that cost, however the rareness of the vehicle makes that ask price within reason for those BMW enthusiasts.
The car appears in the E36 Lightweight registry, of note is that the same photos used in the registry are being used in the auction, this could mean the auction photos are out of date. http://www.bmwmregistry.com/detail.php?id=6867
Learn more about the E36 M3 Lightweights here:
http://www.usautoparts.net/bmw/models/m3_ltw.htm
1995 BMW M3 Lightweight on eBay
~Evan
Price went up to $50,500 and then the auction was pulled.