Even though we don't usually associate BMW with V12 gas motors, the German automaker has had many successes with its storied V12, particularly the first-generation M70 SOHC V12 produced from 1987 ...

That’s just as quick as many supercars of the 2010s era. BMW’s V12 first entered production in 1987, with the M70 V12 delivering 295 horsepower and 332 torques. It debuted in the 750i and ...

The BMW M70 Is The First Post-War German 12-Cylinder Engine The BMW M70B50 was the German automaker's first attempt at a production V12 engine. BMW manufactured the M70 V12 engine between 1987 and ...

The standard 850i and 750i/iL BMW models used the M70 engine. It was a 5.0L V12 with one camshaft per cylinder bank and 24 valves that made around 300hp and was used from late 1989 until 1993.

BMW essentially took two of its SOHC M20 2.5-liter six-cylinder engines, placed them at a 60-degree angle with a common crankshaft, and created the M70 5.0-Liter V12 with 295 horsepower and 332 ...

was essentially an enlarged 5.5-liter variant of the M70 and was used in the later 850 model until 1996. This would be the ...

BMW's V12 had not one but two ECUs ... Jalopnik alumnus Murilee Martin summed up the attraction of the M70 V12 on this site years ago. V12 indeed! Who wouldn't want such a paragon of automotive ...

but not before BMW delivers its The Final V12 batch of 12 760 xDrive V12 limousines this year. The road-going 5.0-litre V12 began production in 1987 in the M70, with just two valves per cylinder ...

BMW debuted its first road-going V12 overseas in 1986 (or 1988 in Australia): the 5.0-litre naturally-aspirated 'M70' engine, good for 220kW and 450Nm under the bonnet of the flagship E32 ...

BMW has a long history with the V12 engine, introducing its first M70 unit in 1987 and going through phases of offering it in both the 7-series saloon and the E31 8-series. It, of course ...