BMW’s initial V12 engine was put in in a 7 Series sedan in 1987. Its past identified its way into a further 7 Collection this 7 days. A BMW spokesperson confirms, “the previous BMW 7 Collection automobiles with the V12 have been developed.”
Though 12-cylinder engines are usually the distinctive province of Italian supercars, BMW built them into immense luxury sedans for 35 many years.
The enterprise built a distinctive edition of its 2022 7 Collection to showcase its very last V12 engines. Known as “The Remaining V12,” it mated the twin-turbo 12-cylinder to an 8-pace computerized transmission and sent ability to all 4 wheels. It was fantastic for a 3.6-second -60 mph sprint. Yes, in a just about 5,000-pound entire-dimensions luxury automobile.
And it was bought out ahead of it was even constructed. BMW constructed just 12 of the vehicles. The enterprise invited potential buyers who’d owned a V12-powered Bimmer in the past to pay back a little above $200,000 for one particular of the previous at any time developed. A BMW spokesperson says the design “sold out really immediately.”
The stop of the 12-cylinder does not necessarily mean the close of sprinter-rapid, lineman-significant BMWs. The Munich-primarily based automaker just lately discovered an all-new 2023 7 Series. Comprehensive with optional cashmere seating and much more screens than your community multiplex, it incorporates an electrical model.
BMW says an M-badged superior-efficiency variant is coming, nevertheless the luxury automaker hasn’t discovered regardless of whether that model will be electric powered.
