Word on the street is that BMW will be selling licenses of their engines to other car manufacturers. The man in charge with development at BMW, Klaus Draeger, stated that the company he represents is one step to finishing a deal with Mercedes.

We don’t know for sure what engines will be on the list for sell, but one of them will be for sure the new V-12 that will be equipped on the new 7 Series and on the Rolls-Royce sedan. If Mercedes will buy this engine it will most likely throw it under the hood of the S-Class and of the Maybach.

Draeger didn’t even give us a clue about other car manufacturers that approached BMW about their engines, but who knows. If sharing technology between such big rivals was taken by the heads of BMW like any other trade, I guess we will be seeing more of this.