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Exclamation BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 09-14-2006, 07:57 PM


Is this 770Li real or badge-engineered?

BMW 770Li?Is BMW about to bring out a top-end, long wheelbase 7-Series – with a VW/Audi-style W12 engine under the bonnet?

That’s one conclusion to be drawn from this photo, snapped by eagle-eyed PHer vinceh in London this week. If true, it would push the top end of BMW’s price list even higher -- the 760Li currently sports a tag of £83,730 -- and the performance of Munich's portly 2,255Kg luxo-barge even higher; the 445bhp 6-litre V12 in the 760Li will power it to 62mph from rest in a highly respectable 5.6 seconds.

Alternatively, maybe someone’s just having a larf with some badges...

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... smells like BS to me!

Eni what do you think?
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 09-14-2006, 08:59 PM
It's got to be a fake. Why would BMW test it in a preFL model?
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 09-14-2006, 09:00 PM
Everyone can put different combination of numbers together.

Why not 780Li instead of 770Li?

It's a badge-engineering by some freak. Look: it's even are pre-facelifted 7er.
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 09-14-2006, 11:40 PM
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It's a badge-engineering by some freak. Look: it's even are pre-facelifted 7er.
Aye, good point!
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 09-15-2006, 12:48 AM
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Everyone can put different combination of numbers together.

Why not 780Li instead of 770Li?

It's a badge-engineering by some freak. Look: it's even are pre-facelifted 7er.
why not 780...... 770 is much easy to make with... if using PS, just do copy and paste will do and the W12... maybe just copy the V and pasted next to it....

if it is a real photo.... much simple, just get another number and replace it .... then i will choose a 747Li..... or 007Li...
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 09-15-2006, 09:17 AM
plus the fact that all those crome lines are not standard. So someone wanted to play with us
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 09-15-2006, 12:48 PM
A W12 engine is essentially two joint V6 engines and since BMW only makes Inline six-cylinder engines it's obvious that this is fake.
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 12-18-2006, 04:01 AM
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just do copy and paste will do and the W12... maybe just copy the V and pasted next to it....
I think you are right. You can see that the second 7 is exactly the same as the other one, and so does the W which is basicly two V's.
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 12-28-2006, 10:17 AM
I have seen this actual car in London, was surprised when I saw the badge but knew it was BS when I saw the W12 badge!

The car also had after market rims, so I assumed it was just kitted up! I was parked outside a nice hotel though, surprising how even rich people like to make a good car seem ever better!
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Re: BMW 770Li W12 ?? - 12-28-2006, 12:50 PM
FAKE

After examining the badges for some time, I think I found the problem.

The W12 badges were ripped from a Volkswagen Phaeton / Audi A8 W12. Look at the difference in font style between the two different badges. Big difference. The BMW fonts are bolder and fatter, the VW font is thinner.

When I was in London, I saw a Mercedes E000 and a Smart CDI V12 Biturbo.

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