It all culminated with the full-time debut of BMW's M12/13 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder. The engine itself was based ...

a BMW-powered race car was allegedly capable of close to 1,300 hp, while three years later, that figure rose to 1,350 hp. To this day, the M12/13 remains the most powerful Formula 1 engine ever ...

During the season, numerous teams ran experimental turbo engines in practice seasons, and among them was Brabham (officially Parmalat Racing Team), who tested the new BMW M12/13. Built around a ...

The BMW M12 four-cylinder race engine, developed in the 1960s, went on to become one of the brand's most successful competition power plants. It started in Touring cars before being used in ...

However, as with the art car at Le Mans later, technical issues prevented a good race result. From 1977, Schnitzer Motorsport ran the BMW M12/12 engine in the BMW 320 Group 5. Just one year later, ...

According to official data we found on Italdesign, the original M12 coupe was powered by ... the Italians tried out a different engine to convince BMW to produce the Nazca supercar.