BMW to use 4-cylinder in 1-Series, next 7-Series to come in hybrid

Posted: May 06, 2008
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In a recent interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, BMW CEO said that the brand will be using the four-cylinder engine it produces jointly with PSA in its BMW branded cars. According to a report, BMW had originally planned to use the four-cylinder engine only in its MINI lineup.

The future generation of BMW 1-Series will be using the four-cylinder engine.

Reithofer also briefly mentioned that the next-generation of the BMW 7-Series will be fitted with a hybrid engine. We expect more details when the full interview is released.

Photo Rendering: 2009 BMW 7-Series:

Photo Rendering: 2009 BMW 7-Series to take hints from CS Concept Photo Rendering: 2009 BMW 7-Series to take hints from CS Concept Photo Rendering: 2009 BMW 7-Series to take hints from CS Concept

Photo Rendering: 2009 BMW 7-Series to take hints from CS Concept 

and a rather aggressive take on the next 7-Series”¦

Photo Renderings: 2009 BMW 7-Series:

Photo Renderings: 2009 BMW 7-Series Photo Renderings: 2009 BMW 7-Series 

 

Source: Forbes
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  • Wolfgang

    In good ole Europe the 1-Series has been available for years with 4-cylinders – and as a hatchback! And guess what, you can race the Autobahn with all of them, a 118 with automatic is well capable to go a 100mph average and at the same time has great mpgs.
    So please wake up, America, there’s no need for huge V8s (as nice as they are…).
    Just my few cents.

  • bobmarley

    I commented about this a week or two ago when i suggested that bmw needed to offer the 1 series in a 4 cylander (because its too similar to the 3 series). …maybe bmw read my post! lol!

    …next will be “BMW announces 4 cylinder TURBO…for x3 and 1-series!!!”