The BMW motorsport division was established in 1972 and shortly proved a contender on racing circuits worldwide. The primary M labeled manufacturing automobile got here later, after BMW had taken six European championships with its 3.0 CSL. On the time, in response to Jochen Neerpasch chatting with Markus Flasch, each former heads of BMW M, BMW delegated tuners to spice up energy and efficiency, however didn’t have a longtime central racing division.