{"id":84635,"date":"2026-01-15T12:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84635"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:58:22","slug":"bmw-euro-7-rolls-royce-v12-will-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84635","title":{"rendered":"Euro 7 Won\u2019t Kill the V12: BMW Signals Rolls-Royce Engine Lives On"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW has offered one of the clearest signals yet that Euro 7 isn\u2019t going to automatically wipe out its combustion portfolio \u2014 and, by extension, that Rolls-Royce\u2019s V12 still has a path forward.<\/p>\n

In comments given to Autocar, BMW development boss Joachim Post said the company expects it can meet Euro 7 requirements through targeted optimization of the exhaust aftertreatment system \u2014 specifically upgrades and refinements around items like the catalysts \u2014 rather than needing to develop entirely new internal-combustion engines at massive cost. The subtext is that BMW believes it\u2019s already operating from a strong baseline, with modern engines designed to handle stricter emissions limits through hardware and calibration evolution, not a ground-up reboot.<\/p>\n

The Market Is Shifting<\/h3>\n

\"Rolls-Royce<\/a><\/p>\n

Post also confirmed that BMW\u2019s next line-up will continue to span four-, six-, eight-, and 12-cylinder engines. That matters because BMW itself no longer sells a V12 under the roundel \u2014 the last chapter effectively ended with the brand\u2019s flagship luxury models \u2014 but the BMW Group still has one very high-profile home for twelve cylinders: Rolls-Royce.<\/a> Post\u2019s remarks explicitly keep the door open for that engine to continue, suggesting the regulatory hurdle of Euro 7 is manageable enough that it doesn\u2019t force an immediate end to the V12 at Goodwood.<\/p>\n

This comes in contract with previous statements. In 2023, former Rolls-Royce CEO T\u00f6rsten M\u00fcller-\u00d6tvos told Car Magazine<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u201cWe also made the decision that this car you could not get electric and combustion. The Spectre is only electric. All future Rolls-Royces, new ones, will be only electric, whilst maintaining what Rolls-Royce stands for. This should be the most dynamic RR ever in history. And it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

But with the market shifting back to combustion-powered cars, it makes sense the British luxury market plans to keep their V12s alive.\u00a0Post\u2019s comments reinforce the idea that Rolls-Royce can broaden its EV offering without having to immediately erase the V12 from the order book.<\/p>\n

Unlikely To See A V12 In A BMW Car<\/h3>\n

\"BMW<\/a><\/p>\n

At the same time, it\u2019s important not to misread this as a sign BMW is preparing a V12 comeback of its own. If anything, the opposite is more likely. BMW\u2019s mainstream business case for twelve cylinders has largely evaporated: demand is niche, the engineering effort is hard to justify against tightening regulations and corporate fleet targets, and BMW can already deliver flagship-level performance with its six- and eight-cylinder engines \u2014 increasingly assisted by hybrid systems \u2014 while EVs take over more of the halo and technology narrative.<\/p>\n

[Source: Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW has offered one of the clearest signals yet that Euro 7 isn\u2019t going to automatically wipe out its combustion portfolio \u2014 and, by extension, that Rolls-Royce\u2019s V12 still has a path forward. In comments given to Autocar, BMW development boss Joachim Post said the company expects it can meet Euro 7 requirements through targeted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84636,"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-84635","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\/84635","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=84635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}