BMW Engines
Wards Auto published their Top 10 Best Engines for 2019 and BMW’s B58Â 3.0-liter inline-six turbo engine is on the list. The very same powerplant won the award in 2016 and made the list again in…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 1, 2019
3 Series
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…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 25, 2018
BMW Engines
The current BMW straight-six gasoline engine B58 receives its first technical revision. The B58 TÃœ1 with 3.0 liter capacity was introduced a few days ago at the 2018 Aachen Colloquium for Engine Technology and is…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 31, 2018
BMW Engines
BMW TwinPower Turbo technology again wins Wards 2016 10 Best Engines Award, announced at the 22nd annual celebration where nearly 600 Powertrain Engineers joined at the Renaissance Center Marriott in Detroit on Wednesday January 13….
Horatiu Boeriu / January 21, 2016
BMW Engines
BMW’s B58 3.0 liter turbocharged engine wins the 2016 Wards 10 Best Engines
by Horatiu Boeriu / Date: January 4, 2016
BMW Engines
The ongoing process of electrification of conventional engines is reflected – once again – in the Wards’ 10 Best engines ranking for 2016. The changeover from high-displacement, high-powered engines to smaller, more efficient and as…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 11, 2015
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
3 Series
For 2016, BMW’s venerable 3 Series has received what BMW likes to call an LCI (Life Cycle Impulse) update, because calling it a refresh would be too blasé. Anyway, this update gave the 3 Series some…
Nico DeMattia / October 28, 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
7 Series
BMW has released official photos of both the exterior and interior of the new 2016 7 Series. While we all might be ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the latest luxo-barge to come from Munich, its beauty…
Nico DeMattia / June 10, 2015
7 Series
CFRP and Lightweight Materials It isn’t just all engine and horsepower that will make the new 7 Series superb to drive. The new body shell was constructed with extensive use of aluminum and CFRP (Carbon…
Nico DeMattia / June 10, 2015