Inside BMW Group Classic - the weirder side of luxury, with the BMW 7 series. 

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Likewise, there's one of these in my neighborhood in Cape Town. Engine sounds incredible.

Fun fact:first BMW's factory outside Germany was build in South Africa: )

@@Rafal_Wu same with Volkswagen We have a very good car history sadly it's all gone to shit like the rest of the country.

wow yeah, never heard of getting the M30 block bored out that far before. Guess it's not much more than the M30B38, but the car is too heavy for that high revving engine. The reason I declined the E34 M5's B34, B36 and B38 - not much added torque.

I have video of ot pn my channel, seen ot? M5 E60 DKG.

Which engine? I have a 750iL im getting running, it has ~170k miles and id love to manual swap it one day

Yes he was! I wish there were more people like him who were as innovative and always wanted a new prototype built as often as he could! I wish more companies would build cool exciting vehicles

@@btbd2785 couldnt agree more - he has inspired myself and many others to push the boundaries when it comes to BMWs.

Don't forget about the E34 convertible prototype. Definitely worth a look.

The story of Paul Rosche is so much cooler. Rosche also designed the M12/13 engine which was a racing variant of the more normal M10 engine which was used in the E10 and E21 models, among others. The M12/13 engine was used by the F1 team Brabham in their BT52, BT53, BT54, BT55 and BT56 models. The team owner was Bernie Ecclestone (former chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One motor racing and controls the commercial rights to the sport) and the chief engineer was none other than Gordon Murray. The M12/13 straight-four of only 1499 cm3 produced at best up to 1500 HP and 1250 Nm in the qualifying runs, but was detuned to 850-900 HP in the actual races. Paul Rosche also designed the legendary S70/2 V12 engine in the McLaren F1, which was also designed by Gordon Murray.

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Sorry to be the wiseguy.🤣 Nockenwelle = camshaft Nocke = cam So the translated nickname should be „Cam Paul“, perhaps “Paul the Cam“ would be a bit more colloquial.

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Agreed. If you think feeding twelve cylinders at the pump is expensive, try feeding sixteen of them. Thankfully the modern S55 and the S65 can beat those numbers with just six or eight cylinders instead of sixteen. Not exactly Prius gas mileage but certainly more gas friendly than the Goldfish.

@@houseofno i think the V16 is about the same as the V12 gas wise. Unless you race it. Ive had a 750i e32. Try filling it up (100L) at corona times. It would have been +€200 to fill up 🙈🙈

@@SSFproductions1 I doubt it. Those extra four cylinders don't eat for free anymore than the other twelve do. My car is the iL the long body. That's an extra four inches on the rear doors and another four hundred pounds on the curb weight.

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