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

Posted on: May 6th, 2008
Filed under: BMW, Hybrids & Green News

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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    • 2 Responses to “BMW to use 4-cylinder in 1-Series, next 7-Series to come in hybrid”

    1. Wolfgang Says:

      May 6th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
      Visit 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.

    2. bobmarley Says:

      May 7th, 2008 at 9:28 am
      Visit 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!!!”


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