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Originally Posted by amacman
BMW V8 engines are based on the Rover V8 engine which itself is based on a Buick all alloy engine .
A British engineer spotted the Buick alloy V8 at a place he was visiting and liked it so much he bought the design rights for it .
American drivers originally thought the alloy engine would not be strong or durable and so it was abandoned by Buick .
I suspect the BMW inline 6 is based on the Austin Healy engine .
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BMW V8 engines are not based on the Rover/GM 215 V8. The BMW pushrod V8 predates the Buick engine. Later BMW V8 engines were DOHC, nothing in common with the 215.
BMW was making six cylinder engines twenty years before the BMC C engine came out.
I think your Union Jack is clouding your vision 
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