BMW plans to offer four-cylinder diesels in the U.S.
Inside Line has the story of the twenty-four hours: BMW plans to bring the highly awaited iv cylinder diesel engines to the U.Due south. If you lot have been a long reader of our website, you probably remember the rumors that started a year agone so recently they somewhat get more real.
BMW is indeed planning for new diesel engines in the U.S. offering a smaller displacement. Along with the new diesel 4 bangers, nosotros also expect to see the gasoline ones as well.
While the six cylinder diesel fuel in the 335d is being considered a keen performer and functioning engine, BMW plans to offer a downsized oil-burner that volition provide similar performance every bit the six cylinder, simply far more fuel efficient.
The four cylinder diesel engine will make its debut in the 2011 BMW X1 SAV, the new entry level built by BMW in Austria.
Tom Baloga, BMW of North America's Vice President of Engineering, says: "This engine needs to match the audio-visual qualities of a 6-cylinder," Baloga said, "and it needs to match the performance, besides equally performing amend in terms of fuel economy and emissions. The target is to produce enough horsepower to be comparable [in functioning] to our N54/N55 six-cylinder turbos."
Will the four cylinder diesel top the award winning six turbo diesel? So information technology seems like and that is one of the most exciting news nosotros've heard in a while.
The new engines are expected to make into the new X3 and X5 models as well and if one-half the rumors are true, the next generation BMW iii Series volition also feature them.
While the information has never been officially confirmed, Within Line posts an interesting disclaimer on their site:
"The Inside Line article never explicitly mentions turbos, but does say, "Our 4-cylinder diesel volition be so skillful that people will readily accept it equally a replacement for six-cylinders. The target is to produce enough horsepower to exist comparable [in functioning] to our N54/N55 vi-cylinder turbos."
Personally, nosotros're quite excited to hear these news and after reading Andrew'due south article on the BMW 123d, we're even more sold it.
[Source: Inside Line ]
Source: https://www.bmwblog.com/2009/11/12/bmw-plans-to-offer-four-cylinder-diesels-in-the-u-s/
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