Aswell as bringing you the latest auto news from around the world, wealso like to take a break from time to time to share with you someclassic finds like this extremely rare 1975 BMW 2002 Turbo that wediscovered on a Japanese dealer site. Built essentially as homologationspecial, the 2002 Turbo was launched at the 1973 Frankfurt Motor Showwith production lasting a little over a year.
Overall,just 1,672 examples of the 2002 Turbo rolled off BMW's production linebetween 1973 and 1975 making the specific model one of most soughtafter bimmers by collectors and fans of the marque alike. Thisparticular 2002 Turbo is listed as having only 33,000km or about 20,000miles on the odo.
Thecrown-jewel of the 2002 Series was not only BMW's first road-goingmodel fitted with a turbo, but it was also the first production car inEurope to feature a turbocharged engine. The 2.0-liter forced-inductionfour cranked out 170 horsepower at 5,800 rpm and 240Nm or 177 lb-ft oftorque.
Equippedwith a 5-speed manual gearbox, the rear-wheel drive Bavarian coupecould reach 60mph (96km/h) from standstill in around 7.5 seconds and goon to a maximum speed of 210km/h or 131mph.
發表於 2009-7-17 10:58 AM
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