Drive Flashback: 1994 BMW 850CSi - RoadandTrack.com
But I've just driven our BMW 850CSi test car to the office through this latest cruel onslaught of Mother Nature (and hasn't she been a cruel mother). Not only did I arrive just fine, thanks, but I had a super-neat driving experience as well, with one recurring thought: This is what it must feel like to drive a Formula 1 car of the 1993 vintage. Like its 850i predecessor—and a 1993 F1 car—this car is dense with electronically-controlled driver aids. Plus, in its CSi trim—and like the F1 car—this BMW coupe exhibits gobs of performance in just about every dynamic area. Driven in horrid conditions, its powerplant, brakes and suspension are equally superlative—but now you realize the important role played by the car's electronic gadgetry. Before we continue, though, let's put the BMW 8 Series lineup in perspective. and to think I was drifting it in the rain), the CSi is the company flagship, its V12 powerplant bored and stroked by BMW M GmbH, the renamed BMW Motorsport. Think of this car as the firm's M8, in limited production of 200 examples over two years (and, sorry, you're already too late for the first year's run). Source: www.roadandtrack.com
