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      03-09-2020, 04:12 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by JRobUSC View Post
I remember BMW actually built an M8 prototype with a 550hp V12 as a Ferrari fighter, that was definitely NOT the 850CSi:

https://www.bmwblog.com/2017/05/22/o...arkable-thing/

Unfortunately the bean counters deemed it too expensive and didn't think it would make a profit so they never produced it.
Go look at the 850csi engine: S70B56
Legend.

We can only hope someone at BMW with soul will find a way to put the last production BMW V12 in an M8 CS or CSL before the 8 and the V12 are killed off by corporate.
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