BMW Engines
Just like the N47, N54, N55 and N57 engines, the smaller displacement N20 unit gets the BMW Performance Power Kit treatment. The “tuning” department within BMW just revealed the power figures on the new power…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 7, 2013
BMW Engines
The BMW Group has extended its run of success in the International Engine of the Year Awards by recording two more class wins. The company’s latest distinctions in the globally renowned competition came courtesy of…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 5, 2013
News
BMW TwinPower Turbo technology again takes two of Ward’s 2013 10 Best Engines Awards. The 2.0-liter TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder (N20) and 3.0-liter TwinPower Turbo inline-6 (N55) are both repeat winners. “Nearly every BMW now sold…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 13, 2012
News
Four award-winners spanning a displacement range of 1.6 to 4.0 litres – BMW Group again emerges as the most successful auto manufacturer in the internationally renowned engine contest. Munich / Stuttgart. Unbeaten titleholders and triumphant…
Horatiu Boeriu / June 13, 2012
3 Series
Dyno Results: 2012 BMW 328i N20 engine
by Horatiu Boeriu
/ Date: February 24, 2012
BMW X3
Starting in the spring of 2012, all BMW X3 model variants will be powered by engines equipped with BMW TwinPower Turbo Technology. The latest addition to the drive train portfolio is the 2-litre, four-cylinder 180Â kW/245Â hp…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 13, 2012
3 Series
I’m on the way back from Monterey, California, fresh off testing the all new F30 3 Series in both N20-powered 328i and N55-powered 335i guise. Only I don’t want to leave. I went into the F30…
Andrew / February 3, 2012
News
Ward’s publishes their 2011 10 Best Engines list and BMW is well represented once again. The new four-cylinder 2.0 liter turbocharged N20 engine made the list, along with the 3.0 liter twin-scroll N55 powerplant. The…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 9, 2011
3 Series
At the BMW 3 Series launch in Barcelona, our road test editor Shawn Molnar sat down with Dr. Christophe Lutterman to chat on the new BMW 328i and the N20 powerplant found under its hood….
Horatiu Boeriu / December 6, 2011
Featured Posts
In the early days of Bavarian Motor Works, the four-cylinder engine was the basis for many of the cars. The combination of the small, two-door BMW sedans and the M10 four banger was successful in…
Andrew / November 28, 2011
News
Fisker Automotive signs a new engine sharing agreement with BMW. The maker of the recently launched Karma extended-range plug-in vehicle will make use of BMW’s newest N20 2.0 liter four-cylinder TwinPower engine which will serve…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 11, 2011