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BMW is well known for its history of inline-six (straight-six) engines, a layout it continues to use to this day despite most other manufacturers switching to a V6 layout. . The more common inline-four and V8 layouts are also produced by BMW, and at times the company has produced inline-three, V10 and V12 engines, BMW also engineered non-production customised engines especially for motorsports ...
BMW 1 Series (F40) The third generation of the 1 Series was released in 2019. Unlike the previous generation F20 1 Series, the F40 1 Series uses a front-wheel drive configuration with an all-wheel drive option, and sharing its platform with the F48 X1, F39 X2, 2 Series Gran Coupé, and others. The F40 1 Series is only available as a 5-door ...
Compared to its predecessor, the F40 1 Series is 5 mm (0.2 in) shorter, 34 mm (1.3 in) wider, and 13 mm (0.5 in) taller. [6] Despite the decreases in length, due to the tighter packaging of the front-wheel drive engine, front legroom has increased by 42 mm (1.7 in), rear legroom has increased by 33 mm (1.3 in), and rear headroom has increased ...
Diesel engines changed from 4-cylinder N47 to 3-cylinder BMW B37 (116d model) [40] and 4-cylinder BMW B47 (118d, 120d and 125d models). 116i and 118i models changed from 4-cylinder N13 engine to 3-cylinder B38 .
The BMW 1 Series M Coupé (often referred to as the "1M") is the high-performance model of the E82 coupe range, sold under the BMW M performance sub-brand. While BMW naming convention would have called the car the "M1", an alternate name was chosen to avoid confusion with the BMW M1 supercar from the 1970's.
The F70 1 Series is the first BMW model to drop the 'i' suffix for petrol models, to adapt with BMW's strategy for using the 'i' prefix for battery electric models. The diesel models remains to be marketed with the 'd' suffix. [3] Compared to its predecessor, the F70 1 Series is 42 mm (1.7 in) longer and 25 mm (0.98 in) taller.
The BMW F52 (1 Series Sedan) is a China-specific compact sedan. It is BMW's first front-wheel drive saloon, being based on BMW's UKL platform, similar to the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer/Gran Tourer, X1 and the complete Mini lineup.
The BMW N42 is a DOHC four-cylinder petrol engine which replaced the BMW M43 and was produced from 2001-2004. [1] [2] The N42 serves as the basis for the smaller N40 engine (which does not have Valvetronic). The N42B18 won the 1.4-1.8 L category of the International Engine of the Year awards for 2001. [3] In 2004, the N42 was replaced by the ...