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McLaren F1, Brabham BT52, Range Rover P38 would have been without BMW engines

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BMW began building engines over a decade before its first car rolled off of the assembly line.

BMW loaner engines have ranged from piddly four -cylinder turbodiesels to screaming naturally aspirated V12s .

The McLaren F1 , Brabham BT52, Range Rover P38 wouldn't have achieved icon status without BMW 's engines.

The 1983 Brabham BT52 remains the most powerful engine ever used in Formula One .

The Range Rover P38 was unveiled the same year that BMW acquired Land Rover .

Land Rover has been owned by BMW , Ford , and Tata Motors since 1994 .

Alejandro de Tomaso worked with automotive titans -- including Ford and Carrol Shelby -- to develop some of the company's most celebrated cars.

De Tomaso initially selected the BMW M60B40 4.0-liter V8 for the Guarà .

The BMW engine was the same engine used in the E34 5-Series , E32 7-Series and BMW 840Ci.

The Ford 4.6-liter Modular V8 replaced the BMW engine between 1993 and 1998 .