Bmw V12
The bmw m70 is a sohc v12 petrol engine which was bmws first production v12 and was produced from 1987 to 1996. The car was built through an alliance between bmw motorsport and williamsf1 and was the successor to the failed bmw v12 lm of 1998. Bmw Says It Doesn T See A Future For Its V12 Engine Carscoops The v12 itself is the smoothest powerplant in the automakers stable. Bmw v12 . Bmws first v12 employee a rather simplein retrospect at leastsingle overhead camshaft. The bmw s702 engine largely unrelated to the m70 and s70b56 engines is a dohc v12 petrol engine which powered the 1993 to 1998 mclaren f1. Although the m70 came to be as its own unique design the fundamentals can perhaps best be imagined as a pair of 25 liter m20 sixes joined at the crank. Bmw was surprised because the big ol v12 incurs huge tax penalties in china but plenty of chinese who can afford a 7 series wouldnt been seen dead driving a lesser straight six...