Apparently they made 3 or 4 prototypes, one used in a movie. The specs on the engine are a bit mind numbing. I think it would be cool to have one on the autobahn and open it up.



https://bimmerlife.com/2019/11/16/the-other-bmw-v16-youve-never-heard-of/

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Wow, thanks for sharing David. I'll bet that is one smooth running engine.

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I want anyone tempted to perform maintenance on this vehicle to purchase 16 of the appropriate sparkplugs, lay them out on a table, and realize that the 16 plugs currently in the engine have to be removed and replaced with these...

LOL, yea no kidding. How easy they are to work on is one of my main criteria when making a purchase. Not to get off on a tangent but if you want to see a maintenance nightmare google Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engine. They have a cutaway at the National Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Gave me a headache just looking at it.

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You people are thinking like a poor person. Anyone else who would have the money to buy a 16v Rolls has numerous cars to drive and also has people to work on the car.

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- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Good point.

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This is Jay Leno level of crazy.

By that, I bet he would love this.

It might've be a little scary to drive. Back in the mid 70s I drove two shifts in a Dodge taxi, former police cruiser with a 440. Good Lord, that car was scary fast. I just did the math, that's 7.2 L.

This made me think of an engine I read about in the 60s, a Formula1 3L H16 Developed by BRM, British Racing Rotors. I just now did a search and learned way more about it than I knew back then:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRM_P83

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Never went into production but on paper Mercedes designed a W18 for the W140. That would have been something.

https://www.carscoops.com/2020/08/the-mercedes-benz-s-class-could-have-used-an-8-0-liter-w18/

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I never knew that.

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I think it would've been too much. A guy that used to come here, I think he called himself Swede, had an S600 he told stories about. I just looked it up to make sure my memory wasn't faulty, had a 5.5 L V12, the site I found said it would do a 12.5 second quarter mile.

Swede told stories about a guy who took one to some local quarter mile challenge track, and beat all comers with the air conditioner running. Maybe it's just me, but I think that's fast enough.

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The Pagani Zonda has a 6.0 L Mercedes-Benz M120 V12. Rumor is that Pagani Zonda owners buy Mercedes R129 SL73 AMG as a spares...

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Those cars might be fun to drive if you had a deserted airport to play around on. They strike me as in the Dodge Viper category. Too much torque and horsepower to be fun.

I have an odd dream car lately. I want to get a Factory Five Daytona kit, they call it the Type 65 Coupe, and somehow put a tricked out BMW M20 6 cylinder into it. There are plenty of stronger engines available. But I gather with the M20 you can get about 200-225 HP, NA and have a really reliable engine. The M20 is sort of known as being bulletproof.

The 168 stock horsepower M20 pushed my 325i car around just fine. The type 65 would weigh 400 to 500 pounds less than those cars and about 200 to 300 pounds less than if it were powered by a large Ford.

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built for the autobahn.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I have a '19 E450. It has a twin turbo V6 with a bit under 400HP. I have to admit it does make my right foot happy. The power delivery is just silky smooth and it definitely puts me back in my seat. If I want to pass someone, tap the flappy paddle 2 or 3 times to drop down to 6th or 7th and punch it ... off to the races we go. And this same car will cruise at 80 turning 1700rpm @ abot 28 mpg. Hard to hate this car.

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- With out god, life is everything.
- God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller as time moves on..." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
- When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.