{"id":81197,"date":"2025-03-14T11:47:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81197"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:47:04","slug":"bmw-m3-hybrid-s58-euro7-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81197","title":{"rendered":"BMW M\u2019s Next Move: A Hybrid S58 to Power Next M3?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We know for sure that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/12\/11\/bmw-m3-electric-neue-klasse-prototype-preview\/\">M3 is going all-electric<\/a>. We also know that restrictions on internal combustion engines are getting tighter and tighter. Finally, we have a promise from Sylvia Neubauer, Vice President Customer, Brand, and Sales at BMW M, that BMW M will offer gas-powered engines as long as legally possible. But what does that really mean for the future of gas-powered M vehicles?<\/p>\n<p>In our most recent chat with Ms. Neubauer, she didn\u2019t give us a clear path forward. But evidence is mounting based on our own sources and some assumptions on our end. And it\u2019s all pointing towards a hybridized S58 which could serve as the beating heart of the next iteration of gas-powered M cars. Just don\u2019t expect a plug-in hybrid like in the new M5, but rather a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/08\/23\/bmw-eboost-and-mild-hybrids\/\">mild-hybrid<\/a> implementation as in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/05\/03\/bmw-b58-vs-s58\/\">B58<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/04\/15\/bmw-s68-m-division-engine\/\">S68<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Reminder: BMW is Committed to ICE, For Now<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-830x554.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-494649\" width=\"830\" height=\"554\" title=\"bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-1535x1024.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20554%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-830x554.jpg\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-494649\" width=\"830\" height=\"554\" title=\"bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-1535x1024.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bmw-m3-cs-touring-laguna-seca-blue-01.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BMW and M plan to produce electric and gas models alongside one another \u201cas long as there is customer demand,\u201d Ms. Neubauer tells us. It echoes her words in the past, claiming BMW will \u201ccater for all needs in any market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2025\/02\/07\/bmw-keep-gasoline-m3-as-long-as-legally-possible\/\">as long as regulation allows<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0Chatting with us today, she also says that BMW \u201cwill continue that strategy where we have several drivetrains for one car.\u201d And since we already know there\u2019s an electric M3 on the way, it\u2019s a fact that a gas-powered one has a home in the lineup, too. \u201cWe haven\u2019t shown you everything,\u201d is Ms. Neubauer\u2019s response when we pry for answers about an M3 electric promo video where we distinctly hear the roar of an internal combustion engine.<\/p>\n<h4>The S58 and Euro 7<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_486110\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"830\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-830x623.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-486110\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" title=\"2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20623%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-830x623.jpg\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-486110\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" title=\"2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2025-bmw-m4-competition-s58-engine.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a> Photo: Steven Paul<\/figure>\n<p>So, we\u2019ve established that another<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/10\/25\/g84-bmw-m3-will-enter-production-in-july-2028\/\"> gas M3 (G84)<\/a> is in the works. But impending Euro 7 regulations virtually guarantee that the S58 will require hybridization to remain compliant. Euro 7 regulations come into full force in late 2027, and G80 production is expected to end earlier that year.<\/p>\n<p>Another consideration: the current M2 could see another mild refresh for a production extending in 2029. Assuming that\u2019s the case, the car will need to become Euro 7 compliant. Hybridizing the S58 that\u2019s already under the hood is a logical progression. It also backs up another comment she made while we talked to her. \u201cYou cannot do it for just one unit, then it would be insanely expensive,\u201d she says when asked about gas and electric M models coexisting. Essentially, she claims supplier-side demand dictates that super small-production runs simply aren\u2019t viable. So <em>if<\/em> a hybrid S58 was coming, it would have to make its way under the hood of more than just one model. But again, that\u2019s our own assumption and BMW M is being tight lipped about it this for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will remain compliant with regulation, so therefore we will find solutions. I know that the solution will be very appealing,\u201d Neubauer says evasively, careful not to elaborate past that.<\/p>\n<p>We aren\u2019t sure what kind updates are coming to the S58, but it seems more than promising that we\u2019ll see an S58 touting some extra electron-sourced power in the near future in order to continue M2 and\u00a0 M3 as we know it today. The only other alternative is cramming an S68 under the hood, which is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/03\/09\/bmws-s58-engine-to-be-euro-7-compliant-starting-with-2025\/\">Euro 7-ready.<\/a> And BMW would never do that. Right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know for sure that the M3 is going all-electric. We also know that restrictions on internal combustion engines are getting tighter and tighter. Finally, we have a promise from Sylvia Neubauer, Vice President Customer, Brand, and Sales at BMW M, that BMW M will offer gas-powered engines as long as legally possible. But what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81198,"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-81197","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\/81197","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}