I saw a sweet a$$ silver 7 series from the 80's today near cincinnati, meant to take a picture of it but regretably did not. There was an M badge on the back, I didn't know they made an M version of this car, did they? Or did the dude slap an M badge on it?
There never was a factory M version of the 7 series, although more than one of them had an M5/M6 engine installed by their owner at some point. A friend of mine owns one.
Non - M BMWs with M badges are generally considered posers, but in fact the M badge was an offered accessory for any BMW back then...I have an early 1980s accessories catalog and it's in there.
I never heard of an M7. I'm gonna say no but there's many more knowlegable people here.
EDIT: stuart beat me to it
No M7. The M5 was the first offered in the US IIRC.
No M version, as noted, but there was a factory turbo 745i and an ultra-luxury L7.
Wikipedia says they sold some with that engine in africa, but who knows.
Have to wonder if BMW missed an important niche by not offering an M7
Travis_K wrote: Wikipedia says they sold some with that engine in africa, but who knows.
That was the one exception - they sold the 745i turbo car in europe, but in South Africa the few 745i's that were sold used the twin cam engine instead.
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