Coys Auction - Grand Prix, Competition, Touring & Rally Cars and Collectors' Items
Autosport International
National Exhibition Centre
Birmingham
B40 1NT UK

Saturday 10th January 2009

The 635 CSi touring car was BMWs entrant in Group A touring car racing from 1983 until the introduction of the BMW M3 in 1986. Group A regulations replaced Group 2 as the main category for "modifi ed touring cars" in 1982.
Group A rules between 1982 and 1991 demanded that 5000 road going versions of the car proposed for racing had to be built and sold to the public as part of the homologation process. Manufacturers were free to use any gearboxes and brakes from other cars in their range regardless of how many had been made and suspension systems could be modifi ed as long as the mounting points to the body were unchanged. Engine modifi cations were limited and major parts such as the exhaust manifold and the engine block could not be modified. In Group