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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
BMW Z4
Starting this fall, BMW of North America will introduce an update to the BMW Z4 sDrive28i model. The change comes from underneath the hood where BMW replaces the six-cylinder natural aspirated engine with a new…
Horatiu Boeriu / August 23, 2011
BMW Z4
With the 2012 BMW Z4 sDrive28i, the Munich-based automaker introduces the first four-cylinder engine into the U.S. market. The 2.0L four-cylinder engine will power the ’28i’ badged BMWs and replaces the venerable N52B30 six-cylinder naturally…
Horatiu Boeriu / August 19, 2011
5 Series
Woodcliff Lake, NJ – July 1, 2011… BMW today announced significant enhancements for the 2012 BMW 528i Sedan, most significantly BMW’s new TwinPower Turbo 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. To further enhance its efficiency in everyday driving,…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 1, 2011
News
New family of BMW engines to share as many as 60% of components
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: May 23, 2011
BMW Z4
BMW 4-Cylinder Engines Return to US in 2011 in the Z4 sDrive28 As anticipated by BMWBLOG, the first four-cylinder BMW to return to the United States is the Z4 sDrive28i Roadster. Introduced today at the…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 19, 2011
BMW Z4
As we predicted in the past, the first BMW in the United States to feature the new N20 four-cylinder TwinPower engine is the BMW Z4 sDrive28i. We also anticipate that the BMW 528i will receive…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 18, 2011
BMW Engines
In the outset of this article – I know that this is a moot point but I will ask it anyway: Will you miss the big, naturally aspirated inline-six cylinder engines of BMW as we…
Andrew / April 15, 2011
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Munich, Germany – At one point during Innovation Day, BMW turned the gathered journalists loose to sample the qualities of the new 2.0 L four in an X1 on local roads and nearby stretches of…
Hugo Becker / April 12, 2011
BMW Engines
Munich, Germany – BMW discussed the new 500cc per cylinder engine architecture that will serve as a building block for upcoming three, four, and in-line six cylinder gasoline and diesel engines. This common cylinder architecture…
Hugo Becker / April 11, 2011
Interesting
Sustainability by commonality: the new BMW Group Efficient Dynamics family of engines. With the development and production of future drive units with six, four and three cylinders, the BMW Group continues to bank on its…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 7, 2011