N55

If you are looking for a powerful and smooth engine for your BMW, you might have heard of the N55 engine. This engine was introduced in 2009 as a replacement for the N54 engine, which…

BMW’s first-ever inline-six-cylinder engine, designated as the M78, was produced from 1933 to 1950. The initial version, the 303, featured a 5.6:1 compression ratio, a 56mm cylinder bore, and an 80mm stroke, resulting in approximately…

The BMW B58 3-liter straight six engine has been around for quite some time now. It was first introduced on the revamped M140i and M240i models and has since come a long way being used…

Ever since the S55 engine came out a very interesting debate started between BMW owners online: is the S55 really better than the N55 engine? Of course, that sort of conversation and this type of…

BMW has a long standing tradition of making six-cylinder engines with their cylinders all in a line. The I6 engine was something that several automakers used decades ago. Companies like Ford, Mercedes-Benz and Jeep made…

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…

The BMW M2 Coupe comes with a 370 hp N55 derivative which continues to rely on a single twin scroll turbocharger and uses S55 components

We recently spoke about how BMW’s excitement over the new 7 Series may be short lived, as it may fall to its arch nemesis, the Mercedes-Benz S Class, in terms of sales. However, now BMW…

Every since the first rumors around a future BMW M2 hit the interwebs, the BMW community debated over the engine found under the hood of the new “baby-M.” We have seen reports indicating an updated…

Whether it be inventing a new technology, or a new automotive niche, BMW seems to have forever been set on pushing the envelope.