BMW to Enter Small Petrol Turbo Engine Fray

 BMW to Enter Small Petrol Turbo Engine Fray
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One or two turbos?

BMW brand will be turbocharging its smallest engines. We knew this of course, but this is the first confirmation by a BMW official of this fact. Jim O?Donnell, big boss of BMW in North America told Business Week that the engines will be 4-cylinder, turbocharged, offer stronger acceleration than the current 6-cylinder (NG6) and spew out better emission figures. Sounds impossible but Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz have been doing it for years already. That Bavaria was going to join the party was not a matter of if, but when. Ok, we still don?t know when, but at least we know it?s no longer IF. We also don?t know if these engines will be just one engine size or different sizes, and if they will use single turbos or two. Lots of ifs still, but we can live with these. By twin-turbocharging their 2-litre diesel engine in the 123D, BMW signaled their intention for smaller petrol powerplants as well. Remember, they first used these new generation turbos in their oil-sippers, then petrol. O?Donnell also could not confirm if this Euro-bound engine will cross the Atlantic or not, only to say it depends on the new US Federal government and how they view America?s energy future. How sad is that?
Source: BusinessWeek via Bimmerfile

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 Kiing Kiing
I love this website, but sometimes the writing is bad. Reading that paragraph was awful.
September 11, 2008 10:30 pm
 M! M!
and sometimes the replies are just as bad.
September 11, 2008 10:35 pm
 Drag Drag
Now M! i see just a sentence fragment.. It's like the pot calling the kettle black. Anyways Nice Car!!!
September 11, 2008 11:52 pm
 electra electra
my guess BMW will equip its current 2.0 petrol engine with the turbo. That would be a nice combination.
September 12, 2008 1:48 am
 Xanavi23 Xanavi23
A 135 with a nice little 2.0(or more)Turbo 4...would be GREAT it would also probably drop a bit of weight, improving overall dynamics...maybe even cost ?
September 12, 2008 1:49 am
 IpsesNipse IpsesNipse
Havnt they already done this? Atleast for the 1series. Why do they then purspound it so much if they havnt done it. When Audi and Merc did it along time ago. Ofcourse if BMW goes further with it. Putting gigantic quad turbos to a 1.4 litre making it produce gazzillions of bhp. Otherwise i just dont see this as News.
September 12, 2008 5:20 am
 Decypha Decypha
yeah that article is a little off
September 12, 2008 6:43 am
 Decypha Decypha
-ish...
September 12, 2008 6:43 am
 BabyMilo BabyMilo
hmmm interesting i dont really like the look of that 1-Series but usually it looks good
September 12, 2008 10:33 am
 Nurchus Nurchus
Knowing BM-trouble you, they will raise prices or leave them the same. They still think they are great cars, yet Chris "Worthless Hack" Bangle is still there designing crap (save for the 1 series). If they do lower prices on their cars with the 4 cylinder engines, they will see a boost in sales. It would be one of their smarter moves. Getting rid of Bangle with no severance pay would be even better.
September 12, 2008 11:19 am
 passenger74 passenger74
no, it?s not all true .. "..they first used these new generation turbos in their oil-sippers, then petrol." The Turbo?d 745i was available before the first diesel was blown up; the 524td.
September 12, 2008 6:52 pm
 dom6698 dom6698
I think you fail to understand that the exact facts - there is a new turbo with new tech on it and this is a specific turbo being discussed - the article and discussion does not dispute the fact that turbos have been used before on petrols
September 13, 2008 11:11 pm
 Laterzzz Laterzzz
?? passenger74 hasn't got a clue what he is on about! Turbo 745i ? errr. when? 524td ? errr what?
September 12, 2008 8:39 pm
 benz_man benz_man
He's talking about a Looong time ago!
September 13, 2008 3:27 am
Turbo = easy to tune = more fun!
September 13, 2008 7:47 am
 Xanavi23 Xanavi23
Not to mention cheaper ;)
September 13, 2008 11:36 am
i like ur car model but i m not satified abt the price of ur car and i wana parchease a car abt 50 millions ok. make and after reply me.
September 13, 2008 8:23 am
that is a badly written article.
September 15, 2008 4:43 am
 wisp wisp
Good looking car there.
September 15, 2008 6:58 am
 mps mps
I dislike. And couldn't even force myself to read the article. Change the font to 6, papyrus, that'll throw even more people off.
September 15, 2008 10:38 am
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October 21, 2008 4:47 pm
 macnick macnick
We expect a 1.6 liter turbo engine, like the one BMW made for Peugeot 207 GT, producing aroung 175hp. We do not know if it will be a turbo-compound like 135 or a cheaper version with single turbo. That is the news.
July 2, 2009 4:30 pm