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BMW X5 with McLaren F1 V12 engine

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Old 02-05-2006, 03:05 PM
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What a waste of an engine. Thats made so that some socialite soccer mom can drive it around with her chanel glasses on, to go buy antique furniture. What a waste.
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Originally Posted by truths2k05,Feb 5 2006, 07:05 PM
What a waste of an engine. Thats made so that some socialite soccer mom can drive it around with her chanel glasses on, to go buy antique furniture. What a waste.
It's not a production car. As stated earlier, it was an engineering exercise. I believe they set the 'Ring record for an SUV with a sub-8 min time.
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Originally Posted by Incubus,Feb 5 2006, 01:59 PM
The Mclaren F1 had a BMW engine in it. Not the Formula 1 car, but the roadgoing exotic car of the 90s.
Ah, yes, that McLaren F1. It makes sense that they'd have some extras lying around in case some owner breaks their engine.
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The Mclaren F1 had a BMW engine in it. Not the Formula 1 car, but the roadgoing exotic car of the 90s.
Close but no cigar. This X5 was called the X5 Le Mans because it has the engine from the BMW V12 LMR that won Le mans in 1999.

However the race car ran air restrictors limiting the output to 580bhp where as the X5 is without and has 700!
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My German isn't too good, but I thought I caught some key phrases:

"Wow! This thing hauls butt for an SUV"

"Should have seen the look on the face of the guy testing the Cayman S when I blew past him"

"Those aren't Firestones are they?"


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