850 is ?

[smikle]

Are you serious? Damn i never realised, then BMW could really put two s54's together, a 6.4l 686hp! the M5 and M6 are just not cool enough BMW needs a mid engine car! I know the 6 series is taking back its role from the 8 series, but to me the 8 series still looks more kooler than the M6. the M6 looks too normal!

[sjpgoalie]

I dont think they can put two s54s together, i've never heard of anything like that. But anyways, in the next five years, i dont think that BMW will put out a supercar with a V12 because of the M5, M6, and the new M3 and M4. But in the next ten years i think they will put something big out. Im not quite sure what, but something big. V12. No turbo. But something with more than 600hp.

[Kaotiq]

There is a guy here in Sydney on DTM who has a very nice 850CSi (thats the 5.6litre V12) have seen the car at a few meets, very very nice. He is MadV12 (the plates on the car are the same), nice guy, easy to talk to, but most folks I've met from here are.

The 8er was more a luxury GT car than a sports car, weighed nearly 2 tonnes, the E24 was more of a GT too, the current 6er is pretty much the same.

I posted here before something about a Swedish guy who put a V12 in his E24 6er

The engine in the McLaren was a special one off, the kind of job an engineer wishes for, a money is no object but make it the best project, more cloesly related to the M3 I6 than anything else, a work of art. It works well, won Le Mans in 2 different cars.

Maybe one day there will be another 8 series, but no time soon.

Cheers,
Iain.