We talk about BMW 840Ci. The Yuppies were delighted to buy the twelve-cylinder engine, eager to demonstrate how well they were doing with their stock on the stock market. However, the real good is the eight, a much more balanced and logical version than its predecessor. Hardly lost 13 HP and, removing the electronic speed limiter, they ran almost the same.
The brand had decided to throw the house out the window with the series 8 . What was necessary to give Mercedes and its SL models at the top. In fact, it was already designed using CAD / CAM tools, something unheard of in 1986. The first BMW coupe with retractable headlights came out of the computer monitors.
The Turbo had appeared before, as a prototype in 1972, and the M1 as a supercar in 1978. Later, the 850i was introduced in 1989, without opening the door to a lower engine.
BMW 840Ci, the predecessor of the 8 Series
BMW got into a story that was never really clear and made 18 units of a hypothetical 830i, which did not see the light of the dealers because, someone will explain it to us one day, the 18 were dismantled shortly after. Perhaps the 218 HP of the ‘MotorCity’ of 3 liters seemed to them that they moved away too much of the philosophy of the sport’s flagship that wanted to transmit.
Here it appears, our BMW 840Ci (1992) with an engine of 3,982 ccs and 286 HP, much closer to the essence of the model. Note the sudden incursion of the ‘C ‘ in the car’s denomination. It is said that BMW was looking for it to unmark it from its representation saloons. And to finish the job BMW Motorsport got down to work with the M8; a cuckoo of care of which, we return to secrecy, dismantled the prototype and left his place for an equally bestial 850 CSI of 5.7 liters and 375 HP. Let’s finish this review of versions mentioning the 154 units produced by Alpina of its B12 whose maximum exponent was a CSI that reached 416 HP.
More luxury than sportsmanship
Behind the wide door we have a pair of high-rise armchairs, with a careful leather upholstery, but, above all else, an endless string of buttons on either side. Is it possible to learn what each of them is worth? Well, giving him some patience, it seems so. It takes, but it is possible.
The dome that collects the clocks, stretches to the right, to finish wrapping the exits of the aeration, flying over the huge center console that leaves the eventual couple to accompany you to a romantic nothing distance. The finish is absolutely irreproachable even in the smallest details.
If we want to be strict with the model, the electric system failed them at times, but that as to all of its lineage. Start and the imperceptible sound of the engine, its automatic change and the smoothness with which it starts the march; they transmit to me something very different from what I expected from a ‘pure blood’ of the albiceleste propeller. I begin to think that, wrongly, I have climbed in one of the high-end saloons. I extract from all this, immediately, a first conclusion: the spirit of the series 6 is no longer present in this series 8.
BMW appropriates the concept of “Gran Turismo”
The Bavarian brand has taken a leap forward and appropriates full of a concept something orphan at the time: the Gran Turismo. On the contrary, the enjoyment of carrying a 635 CSI, for example, has also vanished. This BMW 840Ci does not convey the excitement of driving as its predecessor did, now that no one gets confused, it’s a rolling wonder. What I say is that it loses sensations in favor of extreme comfort. If you allow me the invention has been berlinizado.
It is enough to step on him with determination so that he responds to us instantly and, if he depends on it, he does not leave it until his driver (faithful guardian of his points), surrenders. The road capacity on the highway seems infinite and, outside of them, it translates into an unblemished behavior, although a bit lazy. This is due, I think, more to the weight of the whole, exceeding 2,200 Kg., Than the wheelbase, which remains at a reasonable 2.68 meters. In fact, seen from the side, the wheels are gathered towards the center and particularly those in front, are located in an obviously delayed position, leaving a huge forward cantilever. Continue Reading- All new BMW cars and SUVs in 2018: X4, Z4, X7
Disappearance
7,821 copies of the BMW 840Ci were produced from 1992 to 1999. From the E31 model ( series 8 ) a total of 30,621 came out. Do you know something? Some reputable book talks about a few custom cars with the 3-liter V8 (remember the 830i), but, to be honest, I have not found any reference to them in any other source, or how many were. There I leave it, in case you fly.
In any case, it should be noted that it was a sad ending. In its last year of manufacture, they were only made under the strict order of customers and barely exceeded three hundred units. This is how it ended with a beautiful couple that will once again win a quote as soon as we neglect it in the least.
Just give you an example: the BMW 507 was a sounded and resounding commercial failure for BMW (only 254 cars sold), but if they try to buy now one of those 254, prepare the portfolio, the credit card, the mortgage loan, the plan of pensions, the aliquot part of life insurance and the whole set of tradable stock options . With everything and with that; we’ll see if it reaches.
Datasheet of BMW 840Ci
MOTOR
Provision Longitudinal forward
Cilindrada 4,398 cc.
Cylinders 8 cylinders in line
Diameter x stroke 89 × 80 mm.
Power / regime 282CV-210,3KW / 5,800rpm
Pair / regime 420Nm / 4,500rpm
Feeding Injection Bosch DME 3.3
Compression 10:01
Distribution Four valves in head per cylinder. Double camshaft
Gas Gasoline
TRANSMISSION
Traction Rear
Gearbox Automatic 3 speeds + MA
FRAME
Bodywork Coupé (2 + 2 seats)
Kind Monohull
Front suspension: Independent springs. Stabilizer bar
Rear suspension Multibrazo. Stabilizer bar
Address Assisted
Brakes Servo-assisted ventilated discs.
CONSUMPTION
90 km / h 7.7 l
120 km / h 9.3 l
City 17,2 l
Average 11.4 l
MEASUREMENTS
Length / width / height 4.780 / 1.855 / 1.340 mm.
Roads / dist. between axes 1,554 (del) -1,562 (tras) / 2,684 mm
Empty weight 1,830 Kg
Rim measurement 71/2 Jx16 (Light alloy)
Tire measurement 235 / 50ZR 16
Deposit capacity 90 l
OFFICIAL BENEFITS
0 to 100Km / h 7.4 s
Maximum speed 250 Km / h (with limiter)
Weight / power ratio 6.3 Kg / CV
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