{"id":72587,"date":"2024-05-23T13:42:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=72587"},"modified":"2024-05-23T13:42:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:42:16","slug":"bmw-m-rules-out-burnout-tank-turn-modes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=72587","title":{"rendered":"BMW Rules Out Tank Turn For Electric M Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Automakers always try to one-up each other to sell more cars. Some introduce useful features while others resort to gimmicks to lure in customers. When BMW showed its quad-motor EV a couple of years ago, the i4 M50-based electric monster performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/08\/17\/bmw-i4-coupe-tank-turn-video\/\">tank turn<\/a>. Is the ability to perform a 180-degree spin on the spot really necessary? Maybe for an off-roader to get out of a sticky situation \u2013 as seen in the new electric Mercedes G-Class. However, the hot EVs from Bavaria won\u2019t have it.<\/p>\n<p>We spoke with BMW M boss Frank van Meel and the M division\u2019s R&amp;D chief Dirk H\u00e4cker about what the future has in store for electric M cars. Both said they\u2019re not fans of the tank turn, nor a burnout mode \u00e0 la Ford Mustang\u2019s Line Lock:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to implement some kind of function like that in our cars at all. Because that is a rabbit hole, just for show.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe title=\"Ready for the next chapter. WE ARE M.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cle-dgG2CBw?start=57&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During our interview in Austria at the Salzburgring, the higher-ups at the M division didn\u2019t miss an opportunity to hype up the hardware at the heart of M models: \u201cWe have our S68 engine as a benchmark. We have our S58, a six-cylinder engine, that is benchmark. And we will have our own electric motors as benchmarks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What we learned during the interview is that BMW M is focusing on what really matters rather than wasting time with gimmicks. Neither discussed in greater detail what\u2019s to come in terms of pure EVs, but that\u2019s not a surprise since the first model won\u2019t be launched before 2027. We do know the engineers are considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/10\/08\/electric-bmw-m-cars-twin-motor-rwd-or-quad-motor-awd\/\">dual-motor RWD and quad-motor AWD setups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the way will be an electric sports sedan in the M3 segment. It\u2019s believed to be internally called \u201cNA0\u201d and should have roughly 700 horsepower. BMW has said it already has the technology for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/03\/21\/electric-bmw-m3-details\/\">quad-motor setup with roughly 1,300 hp<\/a>, but it won\u2019t come out with the big guns right away.<\/p>\n<p>The electric M3, which won\u2019t be called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/11\/30\/bmw-boss-says-electric-m3-will-not-be-called-im3\/\">iM3<\/a>, will reportedly be followed by several other models. We\u2019re hearing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2023\/09\/15\/bmw-codenames-neue-klasse-m3-touring-ix3m-ix4m\/\">electric M3 Touring<\/a>, iX3, and iX4 will all get the M treatment this decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automakers always try to one-up each other to sell more cars. Some introduce useful features while others resort to gimmicks to lure in customers. When BMW showed its quad-motor EV a couple of years ago, the i4 M50-based electric monster performed a tank turn. 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