B48

BMW’s four-cylinder B48 engine doesn’t always share the spotlight its big brother, the B58 inline-six, enjoys. Despite noteworthy reliability and efficiency – largely shared with the bigger engine – the B48 often goes overlooked. That’s…

Just because there isn’t a roundel on the hood doesn’t mean there’s not a BMW engine under there. BMW has a long history of sharing its powertrains with other manufacturers. One of the quirkiest –…

BMW’s omnipresent B48 turns 10 this year, but it’s not showing any signs of slowing down. It appears another revision (TÜ3) is planned for 2026. It would mean the four-cylinder engine is going to stick…

The BMW B48 is a turbocharged inline-four petrol engine that was introduced in 2014. It is part of the modular BMW B-series engine family, and replaced the N20 and N26 engines. The B48 is arguably…

There seems to be an interesting trend beginning among car YouTubers, in which they take an electric car, typically a Tesla Model S, and swap its electric powertrain for a powerful gas engine. To be…

At the launch of the new 2019 BMW 3 Series in Portugal, Dr. Michael Rath, the Project Leader Drivetrain BMW 3 Series, has given the media an overview of the new engines found in the…

New reports from Asia indicate that BMW might working on a new 730Li powered by a 2.0 liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The B48-powered 7 Series limousine would arrive in March 2016 and it’s likely to…

A large investment program to develop the BMW Hams Hall engine plant near Birmingham is complete. The production of new three and four-cylinder engines is already being ramped up on brand-new production lines, and over…

The production of the new BMW modular engines is now open at the BMW Steyr plant. Almost every model in the BMW lineup will make use of the new B family of engines, whether for…

The new BMW modular engines were introduced one-by-one in the lineup and can be seen, or heard, in several BMW models. With a combination of three and four-cylinder units, the new B3x and B4x engine family…