{"id":40701,"date":"2023-01-18T16:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T21:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40701"},"modified":"2023-01-18T16:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T21:50:41","slug":"no-bmw-m-engines-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=40701","title":{"rendered":"No New BMW M Engines Are Planned but Existing Ones Will Be Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future of BMW M is electric. The next-gen M5<\/a> is going to be a hybrid, the next M3 is going to be all-electric, and so too is the X3 M<\/a>, according to rumors. There\u2019s no question: the endgame is to eventually have all of BMW M\u2019s cars be entirely electric. However, along the way, there are going to be some combustion engines used. That doesn\u2019t mean that BMW M is going to make any new engines, though, contrary to recent rumors. Some BMW fans on Bimmerpost<\/em><\/a> recently pointed out a recent EVO Magazine<\/em> story (print magazine) in which BMW M\u2019s head of engineering Dirk H\u00e4cker said that combustion engines would continue to be used.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the combustion engine, and we are working on new generation engines,\u201d H\u00e4cker told EVO. \u201cThe weight of today\u2019s EVs is much too high, and there\u2019s work needed before battery storage can cope with the kind of charge and discharge rates our four-motor concept requires. And, of course, it all comes down to what the customer wants. Electric M cars should meet the expectations of demanding M customers. As both an engineer\u00a0and an enthusiast, I find the future fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an admittedly tricky statement, as it sounds like BMW M is working on entirely new engines. However, according to our sources close to the matter, what H\u00e4cker might have actually meant was that the M Division would be continuously updating the current crop of new engines; the S58<\/a> and S68<\/a>. As Euro 7 regulations are implemented, BMW M will have to update its engines to meet emissions regulations, which is what he meant by \u201cworking on a new generation of engines.\u201d However, according to sources, there will be no new engines made at BMW M.<\/p>\n

Instead, the M Division will work to develop plug-in hybrid M cars and, eventually, all-electric M cars. Admittedly, there are some purely combustion engines still on the horizon but they\u2019re\u00a0Sondermodelle\u2014<\/em>special models. Cars like the upcoming M3 CS<\/a> and M4 CS<\/a> will only have combustion engines, for instance, and there may be more down the line. But the main goal is still electrification, which means there\u2019s no point in spending millions to develop a new engine for it to only stick around for a couple of years.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s all enjoy these wonderful combustion engines because the future is certainly electric for most of the car brands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The future of BMW M is electric. The next-gen M5 is going to be a hybrid, the next M3 is going to be all-electric, and so too is the X3 M, according to rumors. There\u2019s no question: the endgame is to eventually have all of BMW M\u2019s cars be entirely electric. However, along the way, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":40702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}