List of BMW engines

BMW IIIa, the first engine produced by BMW

BMW B58, the most recent six-cylinder petrol engine produced by BMW

BMW has been producing engines for automobiles, motorcycles and aircraft since 1917, when production began on a straight-six aircraft engine.

Motorcycle engines

Main article: History of BMW motorcycles

Automotive petrol engines

As per many other manufacturers, BMW has produced automotive petrol/gasoline engines in the following layouts: inline-four (straight four) and V8.

BMW is also well known for its history of straight-six (inline-six) engines (instead of the V6 layout, which has replaced the straight-six layout for most other manufacturers). It has also produced engines in the following layouts: inline/straight three, V10 and V12.

Prototype V16 engines have been made, however they have not reached production. These prototypes were the 1987 Goldfish 6.7 L engine (based on the M70 V12 engine) and the 2004 Rolls-Royce 100EX 9.0 L engine.

Straight-three

Engine code	Years	Displacement
B38	2013–present	1.2–1.5 L

Inline-four

Engine code	Years	Displacement
M10	1960–1984	1.5–2.0 L
S14	1986–1990	2.0–2.5 L
M40	1987–1995	1.6–1.8 L
M42	1989–1996	1.8 L
M43	1991–2002	1.6–1.9 L
M44	1996–2001	1.9 L
N40	2001–2004	1.6 L
N42	2001–2004	1.8–2.0 L
N46	2004–2007	1.8–2.0 L
N45	2004–2011	1.6–2.0 L
N43	2007–2011	1.6–2.0 L
N20	2011–present	1.6–2.0 L
N13	2011–present	1.6 L
N26	2012–present	2.0 L
B48	2013–present	2.0 L

Straight-six

Engine code	Years	Displacement
M78	1933–1950	1.2-1.9 L
M328	1936–1940	2.0-2.1 L
M335	1939–1941	3.5 L
M337	1952–1958	2.0-2.1 L
M30	1968–1994	2.5-3.5 L
M20	1977–1993	2.0-2.7 L
M88/S38	1978–1989	3.5-3.8 L
M102	1980–1982	3.2 L
M106	1982–1986	3.4 L
M50	1989–1996	2.0-2.5 L
S50	1992–1999	3.0-3.2 L
M52	1994–2000	2.0-2.8 L
S52	1996–2000	3.2 L
M54	2000–2006	2.2-3.0 L
S54	2000–2008	3.2 L
M56	2002–2005	2.5 L
N52	2005–2015	2.5-3.0 L
N54	2006–2016	3.0 L
N53	2007–2014	2.5-3.0 L
N55	2009–present	3.0 L
S55	2014–present	3.0 L
B58	2015–present	3.0 L

V8

Engine code	Years	Displacement
OHV V8	1951–1965	2.6-3.2 L
M60	1992–1996	3.0-4.0 L
M62	1996–2005	3.5-4.4 L
S62	1998–2006	4.9 L
P60	2000–2005	4.0 L
N62	2001–2010*	3.6-4.8 L
S65	2007–2013	4.0 L
N63	2008–present	4.4 L
S63	2009–present	4.4 L

* still used in Morgan Aero 8 as of 2017

V10

Engine code	Years	Displacement
S85	2005–2010	5.0 L

V12

Engine code	Years	Displacement
M70	1987–1996	5.0 L
S70	1992–2000	5.6-6.1 L
M73	1993–2002	5.4 L
N73	2003–2016	6.0-6.75 L
N74	2009–present	6.0-6.75 L

Automotive diesel engines

Straight-three

• 2012–present – 1.5 L B37

Inline-four

• 1994–2000 – 1.7 L M41
• 1998–2006 – 2.0 L M47
• 2006–present – 2.0 L N47
• 2013–present – 2.0 L B47

Straight-six

• 1983–1993 – 2.4 L M21
• 1991–2000 – 2.5 L M51
• 1998–present – 2.5-3.0 L M57
• 2008–present – 2.5-3.0 L N57
• 2015–present – 3.0 L B57

V8

• 1998-2009 - 3.9-4.4 L M67

Aircraft engines

Straight-six

• 1917–1919 – IIIa, 19.1 L straight-six — first BMW corporate product of any kind
• 1919, 1925–? – IV, 23.5 L straight-six

V12

• VI, 38.2 L V12
• 1926–1937 – VI, 45.8 L V12
• VIIa supercharged V12
• 116 (initially XII), 20.7 L V12, never manufactured
• 116 (initially XV), 36.0 L V12, never manufactured

Radial

• X, 2.2 L 5-cylinder
  • Xa, 2.9 L 5-cylinder
• 1933–? – 132, 27.7 L 9-cylinder, development of Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet built under licence
  • 1935 – 114, prototype development of 132
  • 1935 – BMW-Lanova 114 V-4, supercharged liquid-cooled diesel prototype development of 114
• 1939–1945 – 801, 41.8 L supercharged 14-cylinder double row
• 1942 – 802, 53.7 L supercharged 18-cylinder double row, never manufactured
• 803, 83.5 L supercharged 28-cylinder 4-row liquid-cooled, never manufactured
• 1936–1944 – Bramo 323, 26.8 L supercharged 9-cylinder, inherited when BMW bought Bramo in 1939

Jet

• 1944–1945 – 003 axial flow turbojet
• 1997–2000 – BMW Rolls-Royce BR700 family of turbofans; Rolls-Royce plc bought out the venture in 2000.