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BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gruppe 5 #4 J. Fitzpatrick / T. Walkinshaw Silverstone Winner 1976 Minichamps 1:18

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BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gruppe 5 #4 J. Fitzpatrick / T. Walkinshaw Silverstone Winner 1976 Minichamps 1:18 180762004 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW 3.5 CSL E9 reproduces car #4, the Silverstone-winning 1976 entry driven by John Fitzpatrick and Tom Walkinshaw. A Group 5 "Batmobile" livery from one of touring car racing's most distinctive eras.
BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gruppe 5 #4 J. Fitzpatrick / T. Walkinshaw Silverstone Winner 1976 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
BMW
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
180762004
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About the BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gruppe 5 #4 J. Fitzpatrick / T. Walkinshaw Silverstone Winner 1976 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW 3.5 CSL E9 reproduces car #4, the Silverstone-winning 1976 entry driven by John Fitzpatrick and Tom Walkinshaw. Its aggressive Group 5 aero kit earned the CSL its lasting "Batmobile" nickname.

Nobody forgets a car nicknamed the Batmobile, and once the wings and spoilers arrived, the BMW CSL earned every syllable of it.

The Batmobile's Winning Silverstone Run

BMW's 3.0 and 3.5 CSL competed in European Touring Car racing through the mid-1970s wearing an aerodynamic package so extreme for its era, oversized front air dam, roof-mounted fins, and a towering rear wing, that fans nicknamed the car the Batmobile almost immediately. John Fitzpatrick and Tom Walkinshaw, both accomplished touring and sports car racers whose careers spanned decades of European competition, shared driving duties on car #4 at Silverstone in 1976, taking the win in one of the CSL's signature performances during a period when BMW's touring car program regularly outpaced factory rivals from Ford and other manufacturers. The CSL's aero kit was so effective, and so visually extreme, that it became one of the defining images of Group 5 touring car racing.

Reproducing an Aero-Kit Legend

A model of the Batmobile lives or dies on those wings and fins, and Minichamps' diecast construction gets the proportions of that oversized rear spoiler and roof fins correct, details that define the car's silhouette far more than the underlying E9 coupe body ever did on its own. The livery's period sponsor colors and number treatment carry real historical weight for anyone tracking 1970s touring car racing specifically.

A Cornerstone of Group 5 Collecting

This CSL anchors any 1970s touring car shelf, arguably the single most recognizable silhouette the category ever produced.

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