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In 1986, BMW introduced the second generation of the 7 series, known internally as the E32.
Aimed at the high end of the luxury market, the car offered some of the latest innovations in automotive
technology, and a new, top-of-the-line V12 engine. Some luxury options featured on the E32 included integrated
telephone and fax machines, a wine cooler, double glazing, heated door locks and windscreen washer nozzles,
electronic stability control, and a system that automatically increased spring pressure on the windshield wipers,
to keep them firmly pressed on the glass at Autobahn speeds. Incidentally, the E32 was the first car adhering to
BMWs self-imposed speed limit of 250 km/h (155.37 mp/h). According to the official American brochure in 1986,
the ungoverned 750iL could reach 300 km/h (186.4 mph) with a side note that the terminal speed was electronically restricted.
The car was also available in a stretched version (indicated by an 'L' after the model number), in
which case an extra 11 centimeters of leg room was available to the rear passengers by stretching the rear doors,
and the body at this point.
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