Kungani iBMW ithuthuke kakhulu I-V16 ngeminyaka yama-80s futhi ifakiwe - ngempumelelo engaphezulu noma encane - ku-7 Series E32 okuthi, ngenxa yokubukeka kwayo, ithole ngokushesha isiteketiso "Goldfisch"?
Ungase ungakukholwa, kodwa kunesikhathi lapho ukusetshenziswa nokukhishwa kwegesi kungazange kubonakale njengezinto eziza kuqala konjiniyela lapho kwakhiwa injini entsha. Inhloso yale V16 kuzoba ukunika amandla uchungechunge oluyisi-7 lokugcina imbangi engcono kaStuttgart.
Le njini yazalwa ngo-1987, empeleni yayihlanganisa i-V12 yohlobo lwaseJalimane lapho kwafakwa khona amasilinda amane, amabili ebhentshini ngalinye ku-V-block.
Isiphetho kube yiV16 enamandla angu-6.7 litre, 408 hp kanye netorque engu-625 Nm. Akubonakali kunamandla amaningi, kodwa kufanele sikubeke kumongo - kulesi sikhathi, i-BMW V12, ngokuqondile i-5.0 l M70B50, yehle yaba "isizotha" esingu-300 hp.
Ngaphandle kwamasilinda engeziwe, le njini ibinohlelo lokuphatha “oluyiphatha” sengathi ingamasilinda amabili ayisishiyagalombili emgqeni. Le njini ihlotshaniswa no-gearbox onamagiya ayisithupha oshintshwayo kanti ukudonsa kwakuhlala ngemuva kuphela.
Futhi i-BMW 7 Series "Goldfisch" izalwa
Iqede i-V16 enamandla, sekuyisikhathi sokuyivivinya. Ukwenza lokhu, abakwaBMW bafake injini enkulu engu-750 iL, okuzothi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bayichaze ngaphakathi ngokuthi yi-767iL “Goldfisch” noma “Secret Seven”.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Naphezu kobukhulu bayo obukhulu, i-BMW 7 Series yayingenaso isikhala sokuthatha injini enkulu kangaka - i-V16 yengeze u-305 mm ubude ku-V12 - ngakho-ke ngisho nonjiniyela be-BMW bekumele babe… Isixazululo esitholakele kwakuwukugcina injini ingaphambili futhi ufake isistimu yokupholisa, okungukuthi, ama-radiator, ngemuva.
Ngenxa yalesi sixazululo, i-Series 7 "Goldfisch" yayine-grille (i-airout) ngemuva, izibani zangemuva ezincane kanye nokufaka komoya okubili okusemaceleni kuma-fenders angemuva, yingakho (ngokwenganekwane) yaziwa njenge "Goldfisch" , ebudlelwaneni obuphakathi kokuthatha umoya kanye nezimbobo zezinhlanzi zegolide.
Kulesi sibonelo, ifomu lavula indlela yokusebenza, futhi lokhu kungena komoya kuyisibonelo esihle salokhu.
Ngeshwa, naphezu kokuthi sezethulwa “emibuthanweni yangaphakathi” yakwa-BMW, uchungechunge oluyisi-7 lwe-“Goldfisch” lwagcina lulahliwe, ikakhulukazi ngenxa… Kusazobonakala ukuthi i-V12 yamanje yohlobo lwaseJalimane izogcina ijoyine le V16 eyingqayizivele yini esifubeni sesikhumbuzo se-BMW.