BMW Engines
BMW’s B38 engine rarely gets the spotlight, but it has quietly become one of the most important powerplants in the company’s modern lineup. As a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder, the B38 sits at the base of…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 18, 2025
BMW Engines
The 2016 pool of 31 nominees for Wards 10 Best Engines reflects autmakers’ divergent powertrain strategies. BMW and MINI is represented by no less than four engines, split equally between the brands. BMW i3 and…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 10, 2015
BMW Engines
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…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 8, 2015
BMW Engines
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…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 31, 2014
BMW Engines
BMW modular engines: B37, B38, B47 and B48
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: May 21, 2014
MINI
On October 18th, MINI F56 will make its world debut at the Oxford plant. Ahead of the official unveil, MINI has released some technical information on the new F56 models and the engines found under…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 30, 2013