BMW 850i.
Yes, is he so old? One may wonder, given the almost 20 years, which has the 8 of BMW already on the beautiful back. And indeed, the then revolutionary design is still fresh as a daisy and passersby can twist his head.BMW 850i. That the dream car of yesteryear still have a hand for money, is the only makes it more interesting.BMW 850i. To prevent that is the dream a nightmare, we have taken the series coupe from London under the microscope.The elongated silhouette of the 7 Series over the settled sports coupe, internal designation E31, puts an end to the classic BMW line. The stench of the Baroque-style 6ers was blown by a hurricane from the model program. Only the Hofmeister kink of the C-pillar was retained. Otherwise, presented the 4.7-meter 2 +2 coupe in the style of the big wide world car. The two fold-out headlamps housed under a common lens headlights, fog lights (both in Elopsidtechnik) and high beam, were there only one of many visual styles.
BMW 850i
For special appearance also contributed to the extremely flat, sloping aluminum hood, the integration of double kidney in the front bumper and the flared wheel arches.BMW 850i. But in detail the design was 8 never an end in itself, but offered solid technical advantages, as can be clearly seen in weight-optimized hinges of the hood.
BMW 850i
Motorized made the first only available as a 850i Beau with the 7-series derived from the 5.0-liter V12 engine (internally called M70) is a good figure. The subsequent increase in displacement to 5.4 liters (M73 engine from 1994) brought a performance increase of 26 hp. Coupled with the first 4-stage automatic ZF 6-speed manual gearbox in the BMW 850i as an option were to adequate performance in 6.3 seconds to 100 km / h and a then impressive speed of 250 km / h. Despite these values was more of the 8 large yacht, for small pleasure craft.BMW 850i.
BMW 850i
The sheer size, the weight of 1.8 tonnes and not least the chassis design were also there because, who cared for quick disillusionment of the sports car fans. The eighth was more for Sugar Daddies from overseas, as for the spoiled of Porsche sports cars and Co clientele from Europe.BMW 850i. Consequently, unit sales, not least because of the abundant basic price of DM 140 000 initially, after the initial euphoria dramatically in the knee.
BMW 850i
A change in the situation hoped for BMW, the introduction of the sporty top model with 380 hp and the 850CSi launched as a base model 840i with a V8 engine. While by the end of 1996, CSi only 1510 pieces for the M-GmbH baptized special unit was built in the eighth entry bravely until the end. Using a modified V8 (4.4 liters in 1995) he came up with the approximate same performance as the 850Ci still available, without reaching the level of costs.BMW 850i.
BMW 850i
Both eight-cylinder versions are now one of the sought species while the CSi is only something for the serious collector. With 20 072 units is the 12-cylinder, the most widespread model. In this context, it pointed out the special feature that the production of the 850i and the 850Ci successor at times took place in parallel, so that even 850Ci models were the old M70 engine (300 hp) from the tape
BMW 850i