BMW 767iL (E32) Reveals Its Monstrous V16 Engine On Digicam

BMW has had a few of the best, most lovely, and strongest manufacturing fashions within the historical past of the automotive trade. The parents from Munich might have by no means provided a V16-powered automobile straight from the meeting traces, although there was a challenge for a 16-cylinder 7 Sequence again within the second half of the Nineteen Eighties. It by no means made it previous the drafting board as a competitor for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class on the time, however a working prototype was made that also exists at the moment.

The CarRanger channel on YouTube had the privilege to spend a while with the V16 7 Sequence from the E32 technology and there’s a brand new video exhibiting the automobile intimately. It’s in German, although you may nonetheless perceive rather a lot by simply watching the video even if you happen to don’t perceive the language that’s official and extensively spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.

The Secret Seven because it was identified internally needed to be quicker and extra steady than essentially the most highly effective S-Class within the late Nineteen Eighties – or, at the very least, this was BMW’s preliminary objective. The Bavarian firm determined to switch the present M70 V12 engine and add 4 cylinders to design its largest manufacturing mill. The 6.7-liter V16 engine was closely revised that includes strengthened and enhanced internals, in addition to a brand new engine administration system.

The 16-cylinder unit was mated to a six-speed gearbox and was able to producing a peak output of 408 horsepower (300 kilowatts) and 461 pound-feet (625 Newton-meters) of torque. Whereas these figures will not be very spectacular at the moment, again within the Nineteen Eighties they made it doable for the big sedan to hit 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) from a standstill in about six seconds. The highest velocity was rated at 175 mph (282 kph). 

The so-called 767iL by no means reached manufacturing, although, because it had main design flaws. For starters, the engine was so large that there was not sufficient area on the entrance for the cooling system, forcing BMW to maneuver the whole system to the trunk. The cargo space was virtually unusable and there have been different emissions issues making the V16-powered sedan unfit for mass manufacturing.