{"id":84820,"date":"2026-02-09T05:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84820"},"modified":"2026-02-09T05:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:32:05","slug":"bmw-v8-v12-engine-factory-celebrates-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84820","title":{"rendered":"Where BMW’s V8 And V12 Are Born: Hams Hall Factory Marks 25 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

18%. That was the share electric vehicles had in BMW Group sales last year. Although an all-time high, it still leaves 82% of cars powered by combustion engines. Pure ICE models continue to make up the vast majority of demand. Consequently, engine factories remain a core activity for the automotive conglomerate. In 2026, Plant Hams Hall celebrates a milestone: 25 years of engine production.<\/p>\n

The British facility builds the largest-displacement engines sold by BMW Group: V8s for BMW and V12s for Rolls-Royce. Fun fact: the V8 is shared with a couple of Land Rover products, as some Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, and Defender<\/a> versions feature eight cylinders of Bavarian origin. In addition, three- and four-cylinder gasoline engines powering a wide range of BMW and MINI models are also produced in the UK.<\/p>\n

Since becoming operational in 2001, BMW Group\u2019s Hams Hall plant has manufactured more than 7.6 million engines. Production initially focused on four-cylinder units before expanding to V8s and V12s in 2022. These large-displacement engines will be upgraded to meet Euro 7 standards<\/a>, ensuring they remain part of the company\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n

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However, we wouldn\u2019t hold our breath for a V12 revival in a BMW or BMW ALPINA model. Our sources say the twelve-cylinder powerhouse is likely to remain exclusive to Rolls-Royce<\/a>. Speaking of Group brands, Hams Hall has also been producing engines for MINI since 2006.<\/p>\n

Hams Hall isn\u2019t the only BMW Group facility where engines come to life. Inline-six gasoline and diesel powertrains are built in Steyr, Austria. The B57 and B58 engines are also used by the Ineos Grenadier SUV<\/a> and pickup, while the outgoing Toyota Supra and the Morgan Plus Six feature variants of the B58. Steyr is BMW Group\u2019s largest engine plant, and it also produces the sixth-generation electric motors for the new iX3 Neue Klasse SUV.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the historic Munich plant manufactures engine components for V8 and V12 engines. Plant Landshut, meanwhile, is responsible for what BMW refers to as \u201cspecial engines\u201d used in limited-run models.<\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t forgotten about China. BMW Group also builds engines in the world\u2019s largest car market through its joint venture with the Brilliance Auto Group, supplying a variety of locally produced models, most of which are sold with extended wheelbases<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

18%. That was the share electric vehicles had in BMW Group sales last year. Although an all-time high, it still leaves 82% of cars powered by combustion engines. Pure ICE models continue to make up the vast majority of demand. Consequently, engine factories remain a core activity for the automotive conglomerate. In 2026, Plant Hams […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84821,"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-84820","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\/84820","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=84820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}