Wednesday 13th September 2006

Snapped: new W12 7-series

Is this 770Li real or badge-engineered?

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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...

Your view?

[size13]

A quick check on RAC clears this one up...

www.rac.co.uk/web/vehiclechecks/dvla_lookup/?page=1&vrn=v29+vvv&x=0&y=0

Vehicle details
Manufacturer BMW
Model 735 LI AUTO
Body type 4 DOOR SALOON
Colour SILVER
Fuel type PETROL
Date manufactured 19 December 2002
Number of previous owners 2
Last owner change 10 July 2006

[Andrew D]

Oh, that's upsetting. Who's he trying to fool?

It's like the guy near me who had a E36 316i touring (in that famous M colour, Evergreen), which he de-badged and replaced with an M badge. Then he upgraded to an identical E46, complete with M badge. Eek.

[disco1]

size13 said:

A quick check on RAC clears this one up...

www.rac.co.uk/web/vehiclechecks/dvla_lookup/?page=1&vrn=v29+vvv&x=0&y=0

Vehicle details
Manufacturer BMW
Model 735 LI AUTO
Body type 4 DOOR SALOON
Colour SILVER
Fuel type PETROL
Date manufactured 19 December 2002
Number of previous owners 2
Last owner change 10 July 2006

thats a shame, the thought of BMW producing a 7.0 W12 was quite exciting

[r988]

Aha! I saw this very same one last around last december I think and posted a thread on it way back then.

[mc_blue]

Plus it is a pre-FL model so I thought there was some badge engineering at work there.

[vinceh]

To give the guy credit, it is very well done. Looks just like a factory job.

Does make you wonder what motivates a bloke to go to such a lot of trouble. Wouldn't the creative effort be better directed at earning more money to update his jam jar to whatever it is he really aspires to?

[mafioso]

He's really bloody sad!

[scotty_917]

I can't believe the ego or lack of self-esteem that require people to pretend their cars are something that they're not!

[turbo tim]

r988 said:

Aha! I saw this very same one last around last december

size13 said:

A quick check on RAC clears this one up...

Number of previous owners 2
Last owner change 10 July 2006

I wonder whether the chap that bought it (current owner) in July realised it was just a 735iL???

[135sport]

That RAC thing is wrong.....

It says my car was manufactured in December 1999, and the last owner change was January 1999.

That means I bought and registered the car before it was even built.

How can that be?

[Adam B]

vinceh said:

Does make you wonder what motivates a bloke to go to such a lot of trouble.

well he didn't have enough letters for "I have a small penis" so wrote it shorthand

[sevengreen]

... last year in Shanghai I 've seen MB 1000! So, 770 BIMMER is small enough ;o)) I could attach pic, but don't know how...

[Dr S]

sevengreen said:

... last year in Shanghai I 've seen MB 1000! So, 770 BIMMER is small enough ;o)) I could attach pic, but don't know how...

Didn't Brabus, Lorinser or some other (sad) German Mercedes tuner call it's top version the S1000 (or 1000 SEL some years ago)?...

[sevengreen]

Dr S said:

Didn't Brabus, Lorinser or some other (sad) German Mercedes tuner call it's top version the S1000 (or 1000 SEL some years ago)?...

it was MB140... On the usual place of Mercedes badge (backside) was written DYNASTY instead.. Was it "true" car?!?!

Edited by sevengreen on Wednesday 13th September 13:32

[jmatras]

Don't get your skivvies in a twist. I think it's a pretty good joke. I'm sure he's having fun convincing people that it's for real. I wish I had my camera with me when I saw the Passat with its badge very tidily rearranged as ASSPAT. Or maybe it was a Volkswagen test car: It may not, um, enhance your masculinity, but it does make you feel good otherwise.

[ribbo]

Donut said:

From the internal BMW system;

1185110 AG Order : 4255723 Chassis : DE20659 Reg Mark : PK52FGU
WBAGN42000 Engine Number 50912851 Reg Date 19/12/2002
CC Corporate Customer
12211 Bateman
01539 533751
Dealer
09/2002 Production Week 37-09-2002 Pref PM 09/200
nt 25/10/2002 9800 Arrived Dealer
gned 18/10/2002

Model GN42 E66 735Li N62 3.6
Colour 354 Titanium Silver Metallic
Upholstery U6SW Black Nasca Leather
Maint Pack Active from 19/12/2002 to 18/12/2007
Option 265 Tyre Pressure Control
Option 268 Star Spoke 95 9/10J x 19
Option 316 Auto Bootlid Operation
Option 323 Soft Close Automatic doors
Option 416 Sunblinds for rear & r/side
Option 438 Dark-grain ash wood
Option 456 Comfort seats. front
Option 460 Comfort seats. rear
Option 494 Seat heating - fr seats
Option 496 Rear Seat Heating
Option 522 Xenon Headlamps
Option 601 TV Function
Option 677 Hi-Fi LOGIC7

Its done about 80,000 miles......

To be fair to the bloke it's a nice spec

:S and now it's on the interweb for everyone to see!!

[Tonsko]

ribbo said:

Donut said:

From the internal BMW system;

:S and now it's on the interweb for everyone to see!!

With his number plate too! Great invasion of privacy!

[Donut]

ribbo said:

:S and now it's on the interweb for everyone to see!!

So!

Dosen't give out any personal details!

You can get far more details with just the reg number if you are sad enough and that is on the front page of the site.

[sevengreen]

Tonsko said:

With his number plate too! Great invasion of privacy!

Before this, I thought, that this open_for_all detailed research can took place only in Russia, where you can buy/get ANY information.. GB is the same, as it turned out

[disco1]

Tonsko said:

ribbo said:

Donut said:

From the internal BMW system;

:S and now it's on the interweb for everyone to see!!

With his number plate too! Great invasion of privacy!

Should be careful guys. Although it isn't bank details and stuff it is still private. So far we know the buyers name, real plate and inside leg without consent, could get PH in trouble