Saturday, January 26, 2013

The flying brick bmw e21 320 turbo group 5 retro and classic cars


The 3.0 CSL Group 2 seems to take a lot of limelight from the E21 Turbo Group 5 shown above.  The ‘Flying Brick’ was raced by the  BMW Junior Team for Works BMW in the German Motor Racing Championship and was an event where the best touring car drivers and team would showcase themselves.  There was a total of 28 E21 320i built during 1977 to 1978 and were fitted with the thoroughbred BMW Formula 2 racing engine, a 2-litre in-line four-cylinder unit that packed 300 bhp.