BMW Will By no means Do Three, 4-Cylinder M Vehicles, Model Boss Says

The brand new BMW M2 weighs about as a lot as a dwarf planet and has jowls, nevertheless it additionally has a turbocharged straight-six sending energy to the rear wheels by way of a six-speed handbook — so the professionals and cons form of steadiness out. It’s the final M automobile that gained’t be electrified in some vogue, and BMW confirmed this week that it gained’t lengthen the loss of life of inner combustion with three- and four-cylinder-powered fashions.

The quote, by M boss Frank van Meel on the automaker’s media occasion on the Kyalami circuit in South Africa, involves us by the use of Carbuzz. A journalist posed that query to the CEO, who ardently dismissed it like a university professor who makes you remorse ever elevating your hand. Sit back man, jeez:

“I hope that was only a rhetorical query as a result of it’s clear we’re not going to do any three-cylinder engines,” retorted van Meel. “We’re not even going to do four-cylinder engines in high-performance vehicles. I do know there are different corporations [that] are doing that, however we’re not going to try this.”

Solution to throw shade at Toyota, who has squeezed beautiful sums of energy from three cylinders and, it have to be stated, makes much better wanting vehicles than you do. In any case, the information ought to delight M followers, who will get to maintain their straight sixes and V8s in some type of hybridized guise, till EVs kill them for good.

Perhaps that’s high quality. The M2 has lengthy served because the entry level for BMW’s efficiency choices, however with this new era, that entry level is rising to $63,195. For that cash, I can understanding anticipating a straight six. Apart from, it’s not like BMWs will ever get any cheaper than they’re right now!