Rare beast BMW NAZCA

[ceriw]

One of 3 built apparently - yours for £591,000










http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C220375

[soad]

Interesting find.

I wonder what condition it's in, mechanically. Appears not to have been driven/used.

[Dino D]

That is nice. I remember seeing them in silver in the magazines and preferred the C2 version:

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/bmw/1991-bmw-nazca-c2...

[k3ybo]

Twin turbo 6.0 v12, according to wikipedia! Only 380bhp, which seems a little low for such an engine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Nazca_C2

[AndrewW-G]

Advert looks like a scam, most of the dealers cars are American and the pics taken in what looks like the US . . . unless the Czech Republic has sudenly morphed into the USA

[soad]

Found more info on engine output/s:
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/05/italdesigns-s...

[stewjohnst]

Lovely looking things in the flesh, saw one at goodwood fos 2010

[Zwoelf]

k3ybo said:

Twin turbo 6.0 v12, according to wikipedia! Only 380bhp, which seems a little low for such an engine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Nazca_C2

Not a turbo and not a 6.0. The engine above is an Alpina version of the 5.0 M70, which in the contemporary E32 ALPINA B12 was good for 350bhp.

The ALPINA twin turbo engine of that time (featured in the E34 B10 Bi-Turbo) was based upon the M30 3.5 litre inline six and was rated at 380PS if memory serves.

I'd love to see a NAZCA, but I'd prefer to own the other BMW V12 mid-engined road car...

[Alfanatic]

Zwoelf said:

Not a turbo and not a 6.0. The engine above is an Alpina version of the 5.0 M70, which in the contemporary E32 ALPINA B12 was good for 350bhp.

The ALPINA twin turbo engine of that time (featured in the E34 B10 Bi-Turbo) was based upon the M30 3.5 litre inline six and was rated at 380PS if memory serves.

I'd love to see a NAZCA, but I'd prefer to own the other BMW V12 mid-engined road car...

You've got me there. What is the other mid engined V12 BMW road car?

[Zwoelf]

Alfanatic said:

You've got me there. What is the other mid engined V12 BMW road car?

The word order was key, a little thing called a McLaren F1.

[Tycho]

Alfanatic said:

Zwoelf said:

Not a turbo and not a 6.0. The engine above is an Alpina version of the 5.0 M70, which in the contemporary E32 ALPINA B12 was good for 350bhp.

The ALPINA twin turbo engine of that time (featured in the E34 B10 Bi-Turbo) was based upon the M30 3.5 litre inline six and was rated at 380PS if memory serves.

I'd love to see a NAZCA, but I'd prefer to own the other BMW V12 mid-engined road car...

You've got me there. What is the other mid engined V12 BMW road car?

McLaren F1

[Pothole]

is this the one from that Aussie/NZ collection which was sold a year or so ago?

[Alfanatic]

Ah of course yes, the F1!