BMW could also be engaged on a brand new V-Eight

BMW could also be engaged on a brand new V-Eight engine engineered to take the old-school workhorse into the following era of the automaker’s product lineup.

If a BMW Weblog supply proves appropriate, this new, electrification-ready powerplant might make its debut in a brand new M5 CS tremendous sedan slotted above the prevailing M5 Competitors.

The brand new V-Eight will reportedly be extra compact than the present Four.Four-liter design however retain the “hot-V” turbocharger configuration and certain different attributes of the prevailing N63/S63 lineup. It should additionally reportedly be future-proofed by being appropriate with electrification applied sciences.

Because the first utility of this V-Eight is reported to be a efficiency automobile, the supposed S68 designation is smart. A milder N68 variant would doubtless observe, or debut alongside it in a extra mainstream providing.

2019 BMW M5 Compettiion

The identical supply means that the engine will make its first look within the subsequent 2-Three years.

BMW is already within the means of rolling out updates to the prevailing N63/S63 line of Four.Four-liter V-8s. Debuting within the 2020 M550i, this up to date engine has a reworked crankcase with bigger turbochargers which stay within the “sizzling” zone between the cylinder heads. BMW locations them there to shorten the exhaust path from the manifolds to the generators, enhancing response occasions regardless of the dangers of elevated warmth soak.

This up to date engine has been rated at 530 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque torque abroad (versus 456 hp and 480 lb-ft from the outgoing mill).

We would not be shocked if the rumored new engine is completely designed to be paired with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, which might additional differentiate it from the up to date engine going into the brand new M550i. At this level, we’ll simply must see what shakes out.