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Just like Deep Purple sang in Soldier of Fortune, I feel I’m growing older. Not only because of the receding hairline (or what’s left of it, anyway), the back-aches or my firstborn being less than a year away from high school, but also because BMW has just informed us that its creamy V12 has being powering the top versions of the 7-Series flagship saloon for no less than a quarter of a century.
- 1989 Bmw 750il V12 With Only 3,000 Miles But An Asking Price Of $48k
In 1987, BMW made history with the presentation of its first ever V12 automobile (the company had made V12 engines before but they were used on aircrafts) and the first 12-cylinder German car in almost half a century, the 750i and its long wheelbase...
- Iaa 2011: Fiat Ready To Conquer The City Car Segment With All-new Panda
The most important debut from a sales point of view for the Fiat Group at the Frankfurt Motor Show is the brand-new, third generation Fiat Panda city car. With more than 6.5 million sales spread over two generations and 31 years, the Panda is one of...
- Bmw 750i Active-hybrid 427 Hp: Official Details And 22 High-res Photos
While we’re still trying to figure out what’s so efficient and ‘hybridish’ about a saloon the size of the 7-Series that’s equipped with a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 petrol engine, let us tell you that 7-Series ActiveHybrid...
- Six Affordable Used Cars Deemed As Future Classics
Are you one of those guys that wish you had bought a classic Detroit muscle car back at the time when they were selling for tens instead of hundreds of thousands of dollars? Well, David Kinney, a journalist who follows the auction markets of older cars...
- E-vade: Aussie Made Roadster With 402 Hp Nissan V6 To Debut In Melbourne
Set to make it debut at next month’s Melbourne International Motor Show runs (29 February to 10 March), the E-Vade is a custom-made roadster built and designed by Lieutenant Commander David Walter, the ship's engineer for the Anzac class frigate...
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Stormbringer: BMW Celebrates 25 Years of 12-Cylinder Engines [49 Photos]
Just like Deep Purple sang in Soldier of Fortune, I feel I’m growing older. Not only because of the receding hairline (or what’s left of it, anyway), the back-aches or my firstborn being less than a year away from high school, but also because BMW has just informed us that its creamy V12 has being powering the top versions of the 7-Series flagship saloon for no less than a quarter of a century.
Some of you may point out that other engines, like Porsche’s flat-six, have been around for much longer, while others may wonder what the big fuss is all about. Hopefully, not too many of you reading this article prefer Justin Bieber to Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale.
No matter; on February 1987, seven years before the inexplicably successful young singer was born, BMW released the technical specifications of its then brand-new V12 engine that would power the range-topping 750i and make its debut a month later at the Geneva Motor Show.
- 1989 Bmw 750il V12 With Only 3,000 Miles But An Asking Price Of $48k
In 1987, BMW made history with the presentation of its first ever V12 automobile (the company had made V12 engines before but they were used on aircrafts) and the first 12-cylinder German car in almost half a century, the 750i and its long wheelbase...
- Iaa 2011: Fiat Ready To Conquer The City Car Segment With All-new Panda
The most important debut from a sales point of view for the Fiat Group at the Frankfurt Motor Show is the brand-new, third generation Fiat Panda city car. With more than 6.5 million sales spread over two generations and 31 years, the Panda is one of...
- Bmw 750i Active-hybrid 427 Hp: Official Details And 22 High-res Photos
While we’re still trying to figure out what’s so efficient and ‘hybridish’ about a saloon the size of the 7-Series that’s equipped with a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 petrol engine, let us tell you that 7-Series ActiveHybrid...
- Six Affordable Used Cars Deemed As Future Classics
Are you one of those guys that wish you had bought a classic Detroit muscle car back at the time when they were selling for tens instead of hundreds of thousands of dollars? Well, David Kinney, a journalist who follows the auction markets of older cars...
- E-vade: Aussie Made Roadster With 402 Hp Nissan V6 To Debut In Melbourne
Set to make it debut at next month’s Melbourne International Motor Show runs (29 February to 10 March), the E-Vade is a custom-made roadster built and designed by Lieutenant Commander David Walter, the ship's engineer for the Anzac class frigate...