BMW 760Li launched
By Lyna Mohammad

The 760Li 12-cylinder power unit takes new technological leaps securing BMW's leadership status in the luxury performance segment. Photos: MK Anwar

The interior gives its maritime character, deco trim in the cockpit and in the rear compartment is made of high-grade mahogany which incorporates maple strips

Featuring Valvetronic and direct-injection, the BMW 760Li, the latest in BMW flagship of 7 series was launched yesterday at QAF Auto in Beribi, Gadong. The 760Li 12-cylinder power unit takes new technological leaps securing BMW's leadership status in the luxury performance segment. It accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 5.5 secs, with acceleration to 200 km/h in barely 17secs and top speed limited to 250 km/h. This 6-speed automatic transmission with steptronic function, has a maximum torque of 600 Nm/lb-ft.

The most outstanding example of this superiority is clearly the 12-cylinder power unit, the world's first direct-injection 12-cylinder to enter the market. Offering both driver and passengers alike the most sophisticated standard of motoring genuine style, simply because the 12-cylinder power unit is the very best drive technology a saloon in the top luxury performance is able to offer.

Unparalled smoothness and refinement combined with the determined acceleration to provide a unique experience in class, power and performance. It is so quiet that it is impossible to hear the engine idling or when travelling at a steady pace. This, indeed, is precisely what purchasers of such car expect in terms of discreet modesty and understatement.

Opening the engine compartment, you will admire a genuine masterpiece in engine construction with looks to match its inner values: the new 12-cylinder direct fuel injection, four-valve technology and fully variable valve control. The sound of the V12 changes from a silent rumble into a more perceptible, melodic chortle, thus bearing testimony to the sporting genes which lurk within.

The Yatchline concept car, designed by BMW individual features a carefully selected combination of exclusive equipment, giving it a authentic yatching character and thus enables many BMW 7 Series customers who have a passion for yatching, show their passion through their choice of car.

The interior gives its maritime character, deco trim in the cockpit and in the rear compartment is made of high-grade mahogany which incorporates maple strips, bestowing the interior an exclusive yatching ambience, further accentuated by the emblems of a compass embroidered on the anthracite floor carpet.

Visionary, luxury, power, elegance, beauty, dynamic, pioneering, are words that encapsulate the spirit of this unique realm of visions and success, and what could better describe the spirit of this new BMW 760Li.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin