Next generation small petrol engines from BMW

[m-power]

It's a bit of a shame that the model designation had a meaning in the past, and now it's lost.... It's becoming confusing, and I can't tell what engine size the car has from its name ...

 

[bmer]

If you take two Vision EfficientDynamics concept's 1.5L 3-cylinder diesel engines and put together you get a 3.0-liter I6 engine with 240 kW and 580 Nm.

The 740d has 225 kW and 600 Nm so I think BMW could easily raise the 740d's power to 240 kW but then it would have exactly the same power figure as 740i but have more torque (740i: 450 Nm). They probably don't want it to step on the toes of its gasoline-engined sister model.

 

[Deleted User 18755]

Double up the cylinder counts on the above engines and we get:

2.7l, 244Hp/380Nm 6-Cyl x25i
2.7l, 300Hp/440Nm 6-Cyl x30i
2.7l, 360Hp/520Nm 6-Cyl x35i
3.6l, 408Hp/600Nm 8-Cyl x40i
3.6l, 480Hp/700Nm 8-Cyl x45i

Anyone else see this as the way forward for BMW I6/V6 and V8 engines?

x = Series, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 etc

Fixed V8 capacity

I'm looking forward to a F10 with a high reving 2.7 I6 with 360 hp )

 

[vedjo01]

It's a bit of a shame that the model designation had a meaning in the past, and now it's lost.... It's becoming confusing, and I can't tell what engine size the car has from its name ...

I agree .