It’s understandable to be worried about the potential demise of large-displacement combustion engines. The downsizing era is in full swing across the automotive industry. Cylinder counts are dropping to meet increasingly stringent emissions regulations. BMW…
Munich is no longer the place where BMW builds its most powerful engines as assembly of the V8 has been relocated to Austria. Going forward, the potent powertrain will come from the Steyr plant in…
When BMW introduced the 7 Series G70 back in April 2022, there was one glaring omission from the engine lineup in Europe – the V8. Fast forward to August 2023, you still can’t have Bavaria’s…
Now responsible for the high-end large cars at BMW, ex-M CEO Markus Flasch was interviewed by Auto Motor und Sport and he was surprisingly generous in terms of revealing juicy details about upcoming products. We’ve…
Awhile back, prior to the release of the new Land Rover Defender, rumors began to swirl about such a car gaining an optional BMW-sourced V8 engine. In fact, the rumor was that the entire Jaguar…
Who doesn’t love a good engine swap, especially when it involves stuffing a big engine into a small car? It’s also fun when that engine comes from an entirely different brand, sits an entirely different…
Not long ago we caught wind of some troubling news coming in from Germany. A report claimed that the spectacular quad-turbo B57S engine used on the likes of the BMW 750d or the M550d was…
We’ve been keeping a close eye on the partnership between BMW and Jaguar Land Rover ever since it was announced that the two brands would be working together. We even spoke about it during our…
It’s already well known that BMW and Jaguar will be sharing electric technology as well as some engines in the near future. It’s a good move for both brands, as BMW gets some of Jag’s…
There have been rumors that Jaguar would be buying some BMW V8s in the future, to replace its own supercharged V8s. While nothing has been officially announced by either brand, we’ve read a recent report…
