siko

Is this 770Li real or badge-engineered?

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...

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... smells like BS to me!

Eni what do you think?

Matt530i

It's got to be a fake. Why would BMW test it in a preFL model?

EnI

Everyone can put different combination of numbers together.

Why not 780Li instead of 770Li?

It's a badge-engineering by some freak. Look: it's even are pre-facelifted 7er.

siko

Aye, good point!

ADGvast

why not 780...... 770 is much easy to make with... if using PS, just do copy and paste will do and the W12... maybe just copy the V and pasted next to it....

if it is a real photo.... much simple, just get another number and replace it .... then i will choose a 747Li..... or 007Li...

Giannis

plus the fact that all those crome lines are not standard. So someone wanted to play with us

Yannis

A W12 engine is essentially two joint V6 engines and since BMW only makes Inline six-cylinder engines it's obvious that this is fake.

FasterHigherBetter

I think you are right. You can see that the second 7 is exactly the same as the other one, and so does the W which is basicly two V's.

BMW_Dude

I have seen this actual car in London, was surprised when I saw the badge but knew it was BS when I saw the W12 badge!

The car also had after market rims, so I assumed it was just kitted up! I was parked outside a nice hotel though, surprising how even rich people like to make a good car seem ever better!

cawimmer430

FAKE

After examining the badges for some time, I think I found the problem.

The W12 badges were ripped from a Volkswagen Phaeton / Audi A8 W12. Look at the difference in font style between the two different badges. Big difference. The BMW fonts are bolder and fatter, the VW font is thinner.

When I was in London, I saw a Mercedes E000 and a Smart CDI V12 Biturbo.