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BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gr.5 #5 S. Manhalter Winner Havirov Interseries 1977 Minichamps 1:18

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BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gr.5 #5 S. Manhalter Winner Havirov Interseries 1977 Minichamps 1:18 180772005 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gr.5 wears the #5 livery of S. Manhalter's Havirov Interseries win in 1977. A widebody racer for anyone tracing the CSL's Group 5 racing career.
BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gr.5 #5 S. Manhalter Winner Havirov Interseries 1977 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
BMW
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
180772005
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About the BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gr.5 #5 S. Manhalter Winner Havirov Interseries 1977 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: This Minichamps 1:18 diecast reproduces S. Manhalter's #5 BMW 3.5 CSL E9 Gr.5, winner at the Havirov Interseries round in 1977. The CSL's dramatic widebody kit, nicknamed the Batmobile package, makes this a striking piece for Group 5 racing displays.

BMW's Group 5 CSL wore flared arches and a towering rear wing that earned it the Batmobile nickname, and this Havirov-winning livery carries all of that visual drama into diecast form.

Reproducing the CSL's Widebody Racing Kit

The Group 5 CSL's aerodynamic addenda go well beyond a road car's bodywork, with box-flared arches, deep front splitters, and a wing assembly mounted high above the boot line, and this diecast reproduces all of it with tight panel lines around the extended arch flares. Interseries liveries of the mid-1970s tended toward bold, simple sponsor graphics, and the #5 scheme's clean lines are applied with tampo printing that keeps the artwork flush against the widened bodywork. The stance sits dramatically lower and wider than a standard E9 coupe, capturing exactly the exaggerated silhouette that made the CSL such a spectacle on 1970s circuits.

Interseries Racing and This Car's Context

Interseries racing gave Eastern and Central European touring and sports car competitors a stage through the 1970s, and a Havirov win places this CSL within that documented regional racing history rather than a generic tribute scheme. The CSL's Group 5 career ran alongside its more famous Group 2 and Le Mans appearances, giving collectors multiple distinct chapters of the same nameplate to pursue. For a shelf built around 1970s silhouette racing or BMW's motorsport catalogue, this widebody CSL brings genuine visual drama backed by an actual result.

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