Concept cars ... other BMW models (the 7 Series and 8 Series), as well as Alpina's B12 5.0. Another engine from the same family, the S70/2, would go on to power the legendary McLaren F1 shortly ...

By 1983, ground effect cars were getting so fast that Formula One's governing body ... four was tuned for over 1,000 horsepower. The BMW M12/13 powered Nelson Piquet to his second World Drivers ...