BMW’s Newest Turbocharged Inline Six Named To Ward’s 10 Best Engines List

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – December 8, 2010…  BMW’s newest turbocharged inline six-cylinder has been named one of Ward’s 10 Best Engines. For the 2011 model year, BMW’s new “N55” twin-scroll turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine was elected to the 10 Best Engines list by the Ward’s AutoWorld panel of expert judges. To win a place on the 10 Best Engines list, an engine must score highly in measures of horsepower, torque, refinement, technical relevance, and comparative data.

“BMW’s EfficientDynamics strategy is focused on building more fuel efficient engines without sacrificing performance and instantaneous response.  The new N55 twin-scroll turbo inline six shows that there is still more that can be accomplished with the internal combustion engine,” said Tom Baloga - Vice-President, Engineering US for the BMW Group. “With the ground-breaking combination of a twin-scroll turbo, high-precision direct injection and Valvetronic, it offers performance that once would have only been possible with a much larger V8 while offering further improvements in efficiency.”

The newest in BMW’s long line of inline six-cylinder engines again produces 300 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque and is featured in the 2011 335i, but is found through the range for the 2011 model year including the 135i and the new 535i. It also powers the 2011 X5 xDrive35i and X6 xDrive35i Sport Activity Vehicles as well as the all-new X3 xDrive35i.

As an example of efficient dynamics in action, the 2011 BMW 335i matches the 2010 model in the 0-60 sprint at 5.4 seconds but offers a ten percent improvement in efficiency according to EPA estimates.

BMW Group In America

BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975.  Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003.  The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a strategic design consultancy in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country.  BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group’s global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity Coupes.  The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers, 336 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 143 BMW motorcycle retailers, 100 MINI passenger car dealers, and 31 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers.  BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet at:

www.bmwgroupna.com.

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Journalist note: Information about BMW and its products in the USA is available to journalists on-line at www.bmwusanews.com. 

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