The news came yesterday like a thunderbolt, but with a closer look, the BMW Diesel software problem is a completely different than other manufacturers. The more details come to light, the clearer it becomes: the…
Introduced just over three years ago, the four-cylinder diesel BMW B47 is about to get its first big update. With the first technical revision, the engine becomes the B47TÜ1 and a twin-turbo diesel throughout the…
The comeback of Wiesmann is taking more and more concrete steps, and today’s announcement confirms its upcoming return: BMW will be providing the engines for sports cars from Dülmen. In a brief press release, Wiesmann Sports…
The 1.5-liter 3-cylinder turbocharged engine of the BMW i8 is simply unstoppable, the mill winning its third consecutive title this year in the coveted International Engine of the Year competition. The engine dominated its class…
Powerful and reliable: these two terms perfectly sum up the demands placed on the V8 engines in the DTM. The six BMW drivers have just one engine each for the entire season. With this in…
Since the diesel scandal triggered by Volkswagen, which has affected the entire automotive industry, many carmakers have been reluctant to commit to a future which involves diesel engines. BMW has been one of the few…
The BMW N54 engine was launched at the Geneva Auto Show in 2006 and first seen in the E92 335i later that year. It has now been replaced by the N55 straight-six unit, which you…
In 1983, Nelson Piquet became the first driver in the history of Formula One to win the world championship title in a racing car powered by a turbo engine: the Brabham BMW BT52. The engine…
The 6-cylinder BMW M Performance TwinPower Turbo technology engine recently won Wards 2017 10 Best Engines Award, announced at the 23rd annual celebration where nearly 600 Powertrain Engineers joined at the Renaissance Center Marriott in…
The E90/E92 M3’s V8 engine is often regarded as one of the best engines ever built by BMW. Derived from the BMW S85 V10 engine used in the M5/M6, it shares the same basic architecture…
