A long time ago, way before BMW had twin turbo or TwinPower Turbo engines, way before they even put those motors into their BMW X5 and X6, pairing them with automatic transmissions and unleashing them to compete with the likes of the Cayenne Turbo and the Mercedes-Benz AMG SUVs, there was this – the BMW X5 Le Mans V12.
Play the video above to hear it fire up in the BMW Classic building, which we had the opportunity to visit yesterday as part of day 1 of the Castrol EDGE Experience program. There’s only so much you can do with the microphones on a digital camera – you really have to be there in real life to hear the sound this engine makes!
BMW shoehorned the 6.0 litre V12 engine carried over from a 24 Hour of Le Mans winning McLaren F1 into the BMW X5 Le Mans V12. The normally-aspirated motor put out a massive 700 hp and 720 Nm of torque, and it takes the X5 Le Mans up to 100 kph in just 4.7 seconds. It then goes on to a top speed of 278 kph.
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there is such a thing…pure BMW power~
such an orgasm sound …
Danny, u shud see the video on youtube they posted 3 years ago..this monster eating the tarmac!
so its slower than a X5 M ?
i have heard the b7 rs4 before in real life and that V8 sounds INCREDIBLE. i can only imagine what this V12 would sound like! probably sends tingles up the spin. imagine waking up every morning and starting your car and hearing this!!!!!! whoa!
the best engine i have heard in real life is by far is that v12 they have been putting in aston martins for ages….the sound that makes really is spine tingling..its really hard to believe its 2 3.0 ford mondeo v6’s cobbled together on a common crank….. the second is probably the v10 in the current m5 which sounded manic when i drove one as a rental in Doha…..
.anyway of another note..did u guys see that PR lady next to the car early in the video…shes like smiling and all cool about it .’oh well..just another day in the office …look at all this journalists going gaga over an engine sound’ is the kinda looks she gives..just found it funny for some reason….
i thought it sounded pretty mundane, bit monotonous…, the best sound ive heard is from either a t51 r’d 2jz from the supra or an rb26, still cant decide… cant beat the godlike whoosh effect of turbo lag, just my two cents.