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.

P code engines are typically low production race engines such as the six cylinder P54B20 and P54B32, and 8 cylinder P60B32 found in the race variants of the E46 M3 which typically housed the S54B32 six cylinder for the general public.

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	1960–1988	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
P54	2003-2005	2.0 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	4.0-4.4 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
P75	1999–2000	6.0 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

Engine code	Years	Displacement
B37	2012–present	1.5 L

Inline-four

Engine code	Years	Displacement
M41	1994-2000	1.7 L
M47	1998-2006	2.0 L
N47	2006-2014	2.0 L
B47	2013-present	2.0 L

Straight-six

Engine code	Years	Displacement
M21	1983-1993	2.4 L
M51	1991-2000	2.5 L
M57	1998-present	2.5-3.0 L
N57	2008-present	2.5-3.0 L
B57	2015-present	3.0 L

V8

Engine code	Years	Displacement
M67	1998–2009	3.9-4.4 L

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.