BMW, however, never abandoned the straight-sixes that provide a foundation for its legacy of driver-focused cars—and no vehicle better celebrates its heritage than the 2023 BMW M4 CSL.

Race cars are loud, uncomfortable, violent machines, so the fact that the 2023 BMW M4 CSL is also loud, uncomfortable, and violent should arguably be scored in the Pros column of this review.

As mentioned above, BMW's new M4 Nurburgring Edition is based on the Competition xDrive version of the car. This means that it comes with 523 horsepower on tap, which translates to 530 metric ...