Around the same time, McLaren struck up a partnership with BMW. It needed a powerful V12 for its upcoming F1 supercar, and BMW was more than happy to help out. While sharing the S70 name with the ...

While the V12 engine ... time rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz, who did their best to offer the best V12 in its range-topping vehicles. It would be the British racing operation McLaren that proved ...

The McLaren F1 – a car universally considered one of the most lust-worthy machines of all time – made use of a 6.1-liter V12 provided by BMW that pushed out 618 naturally aspirated horsepower.

Inch by glossy inch, the McLaren F1 emerges from the unassuming box trailer ... the view in Panavision widescreen and the V12’s voice as it gulps air via the roof-mounted intake a sort of ...

That is Jay Leno standing next to the BMW V12 extracted from his McLaren F1. Calling it "The scariest thing we have ever done here on Jay Leno's Garage ," his mechanics pulled the motor to replace ...

50. Before BMW jumped on board to help develop what would become the McLaren F1's 6.1-liter V12 engine, Gordon Murray had already approached Honda and Isuzu, but ultimately it would be the ...