I stoped at a little car lot last night. they had a 7 series sitting out front for sale that said v12 on the windshield. Unfortunatly no year or mileage. It had the chrome bumpers so I believe that makes it from the 80's to the early 90's (Sorry My knowledge is with the 3 series) I believe it was a 750il. It was spotless inside and out with A new set of bmw chrome rims and they are only asking $5500 dollars. I had no idea they were puting the v12 in the 7 series. Is this a reliable engine? Any particular worries?

Thanks

Here's some info...but it's from a world wide perspective (meaning that the start of production dates are slightly off for the USA market):
E32 7 series (1988-1994 in the USA) - 735i/iL (inline 6); 740i/iL (V8); 750iL (V12): http://www.bmwworld.com/models/e32.htm
E38 7 series (1995-2001 in the USA) - 740i/iL (V8); 750iL (V12): http://www.bmwworld.com/models/e38.htm


The e32 7 series has the M70 V12 engine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M70
The e38 7 series has the M73 V12 engine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M73

The engine is very reliable, but expensive to get worked on by a dealer or shop. It you can do your own work it helps alot. The car has lots of accessories, make sure everything works.

The engine is very reliable, but expensive to get worked on by a dealer or shop. It you can do your own work it helps alot. The car has lots of accessories, make sure everything works.

Yep what he said.

The M70 V12 5 liter engine is very reliable because it is based off the M20 Straight 6 2.5 liter engine in the E30 325i's just there are two and they are connected at the bottom. So they share a lot of parts and you can get performance parts for the 325 and fit them on the 750.

Also Q made a typo, the M73 was on the E38 body style 750.

Also Q made a typo, the M73 was on the E38 body style 750.

Thankyou for bringing it to my attention...all corrected now! :stickoutt