BMW M BOSS TELLS IT STRAIGHT

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Every mainstream sporting brand is electrifying, but BMW M’s transition seems especially poignant given the hallowed status of not just its historic and current cars but also the specific engines that power them. Whichever way you cut it, the future of the purecombustion straight six is a short one. Emissions regulations and EV mandates will see to that, the same way they will for Lamborghini’s V12, Alfa Romeo’s V6 and even newer cult heroes like Ford’s threepot Ecoboost. So the M3, as we have fundamentally known it for 30 years, will one day soon undergo its biggest transformation yet – but M boss Frank van Meel isn’t overly worried about soiling its legacy. “At some stage, we always have to say goodbye to an engine we really love,” he said.…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 3, 2022

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