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BMW has already celebrated the silver anniversary of its V12-powered
7 Series flagship by offering a
special 25 Years Anniversary Edition of the car for 2013, but now the automaker has released a visual display of the engine's quarter-century in the nose of its big Autobahn cruisers. First introduced in 1987 in the 750i, BMW points out it was the first of the modern German luxury sedans to use a 12-cylinder engine -
Mercedes-Benz and
Audi didn't offer such an engine in their
S-Class and
A8 models for several more years.
While the current engine used in the current F02 760Li pumps out 535 horsepower and 440 pound-feet of torque, the E32 750i had just 300 hp and 330 pound-feet of twist; the E38 750i had 322 hp and the E66 760i had 439 hp.
Just as dramatically as its power figures have progressed, so, too, has the car's styling, from its early days as
more traditional luxury sedan right through its
controversial period with
Chris Bangle lines to
today's modern look. Even the interior has come a long way over the lifespan of the 7 Series, starting out as
barren, soberly Germanic (note the car phone) with a
roomy back seat to a progressively more plush cabin
stuffed with technology. See the progression for yourself in our gallery above, as well as in the press release below.
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