What are BMW & Toyota up to?

BMW and Toyota are currently working together, but better yet, they’re working on producing a midsize sports car. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please check out our previous article about this amazing project.

Most of us think that Toyota is pretty good at making cars for the average Joe, the nine to fiver, essentially taking people from point A to point B. However, Toyota is really good at making sports cars. Remember the early Toyota 2000GT in the 1960s? (shown below):

To the Supra in 1980s and 1990s:

and the most recent: Toyota’s first supercar – the Lexus LFA.

For BMW, we all know it’s famous for its sports oriented car...

Two weeks ago we heard some updates from our source that the upcoming 2016 M2 will be equipped with a completely new designed S57 engine and it produces around 400hp.

Now it looks like the information is not 100% correct: there is a NEWER update that indicates the M2 will still keep the N55 engine, but it will probably be upgraded with 2 turbochargers (instead one on the standard N55 engine), and the final output will be around 380hp. Below is a rendering of the 2016 BMW M2.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether the engine is called the S57 or N55, the most important thing is that: it WILL be twin-turbocharged...

Is it Really BMW’s Most Powerful Engine Ever?

While there is no M-version choice for the 2014 and 2015 model years of the redesigned X5 and X6, now the long wait is finally over! Today, BMW released some juicy info about the 2016 X5M and X6M. People living in southern California will be lucky enough to have the opportunity to see them in person, in next month’s Los Angeles auto show. And YouWheel.com’s media team will be there live, don’t miss out.

553 LB-FT of Torque

While they will be equipped with the same BMW S63 4...

I am sure all consumers in the US know that, for the 35i trim of the 2015 BMW X5, they are still coming with the company’s famous N55 6-cylinder 3.0L turbo engine.

But perhaps unknown to most people, the N55 engine on the 2015 X5 sDrive35i and xDrive35i, is a different version that only exists in US-spec X5. In fact, even though they are named “3.0L” in all documents and advertisements, it does not mean an exact number of 3,000 cc. Specifically speaking, the N55 engines installed in all other BMW vehicles (except the 2015 X5 35i) have a displacement of 2,979 cc.

Starting from the 2015 model year, BMW is providing a special version of the N55 engine on 2015 X5 35i models,...

2016 BMW M2: Latest Information

– Engine: S57 B30 (M-car version in the B57/58 engine family), twin-turbocharger (not the single turbocharger in the N55 engine)
– Up to 400hp
– 6-speed manual transmission as standard; 7-speed DCT optional
– Rear-wheel-drive; but AWD may be possible in the future

Below are some spy shots.

We will give you more info on the 2016 BMW M2 as it is leaked!

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