Sure the Loaded CSL IS a \"modified\" car - But it\'s still just a 3.2L Straight Six with a Supercharger and a suspension setup - not exactly unfair F1 technology here when compared to these 100% carbon fiber hyper car monsters. Also, the Ascari A10 is Powered by a BMW Engine - That car also set the standard for quite some time when it came out. Don\'t forget the original McLaren supercar was powered by a BMW V12 Monster - that car set the standard for quite some time. So let me get this straight - Mercedes, McLaren, Porsche, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Koenigsegg, Ford, Chevy, and basically every other car manufacturer is allowed to supercharge and turbocharge their huge engines, but BMW is not? I call BS!! If you compared the modifications done on the Loaded CSL to those parts used on an Aston Martin DBS or a Koenigsegg, the CSL would be made of much more primitive parts than either, and yet it still manages a MIND-BLOWING lap time. While the Loaded CSL IS a modified car, ALL BMW\'S are naturally aspirated engines. So you can talk about power-to-weight ratios and car badges until you\'re blue in the face, but the > StockĪscari is a beast of a car considering the engine in there. Just like when you force-feed a Volvo engine you get a Noble M600, which smokes many cars that technically look better on paper. All are wonderful cars, but the only point I was trying to make is that BMW engines are ALMOST always N/A, and when you force-feed them incredible things happen. The Noble M600, a twin turbo Volvo Engine. The Pagani used a 7.3L AMG V12 Supercharged Merc Engine. The Koenigsegg used a force-fed Ford engine.
The Ascari A10, in its > Stockįorm is not much different than the idea behind the Loaded CSL Project – namely to take a great BMW engine and make a supercar out of it (just like the McLaren F1 did). But because it is custom built around that great, reliable engine, it is a mind-blowing car on the track that dominated the Top Gear board for some time. The Ascari A10 uses a TEN YEAR old BMW engine from an old M5 saloon. The whole point of my comment was to avoid numbers and stats and semantics - rather focus on the joys of driving a supercharged BMW engine, or a turbocharged Volvo engine (Noble M600), or any other engine that’s modified from its original design to achieve Hypercar performance - but since we\'ve already gone to a pissing contest, I will use the Ascari A10 as a \"stock\" example.