List of BMW engines

1917–1919 BMW IIIa inline-six aircraft engine, the first engine produced by BMW.

2015–present BMW B58 inline-six automotive engine.

BMW has been producing engines for cars, motorcycles, and aircraft since 1917, when the company began production of an inline-six aircraft engine. They have been producing car engines since 1933.

Motorcycle engines

Main article: History of BMW motorcycles

Automotive petrol engines

BMW is well known for its history of inline-six (straight-six) engines, a layout it continues to use to this day despite most other manufacturers switching to a V6 layout. The more common inline-four and V8 layouts are also produced by BMW, and at times the company has produced inline-three, V10 and V12 engines.

Prototype V16 engines have been made, however they have not reached production. These prototypes were the 1987 BMW Goldfisch V16 6.7 litre engine and the 2004 Rolls-Royce 100EX 9.0 litre engine.

Automotive petrol engines

Engine code	Configuration	Years	Displacement
B38	Inline-three turbo	2013–present	1.2–1.5 L
M10	Inline-four N.A.	1960–1988	1.5–2.0 L
S14	Inline-four N.A.	1986–1990	2.0–2.5 L
M40	Inline-four N.A.	1987–1995	1.6–1.8 L
M42	Inline-four N.A.	1989–1996	1.8 L
M43	Inline-four N.A.	1991–2002	1.6–1.9 L
M44	Inline-four N.A.	1996–2001	1.9 L
N40	Inline-four N.A.	2001–2004	1.6 L
N42	Inline-four N.A.	2001–2004	1.8–2.0 L
N46	Inline-four N.A.	2004–2007	1.8–2.0 L
N43	Inline-four N.A.	2007–2011	1.6–2.0 L
N13	Inline-four turbo	2011–2015	1.6 L
N20	Inline-four turbo	2011–2017	1.6–2.0 L
B48	Inline-four turbo	2015–present	2.0 L
M78	Straight-six N.A.	1933–1950	1.2-1.9 L
M328	Straight-six N.A.	1936–1940	2.0-2.1 L
M335	Straight-six N.A.	1939–1941	3.5 L
M337	Straight-six N.A.	1952–1958	2.0-2.1 L
M30	Straight-six N.A.	1968–1994	2.5-3.5 L
M20	Straight-six N.A.	1977–1993	2.0-2.7 L
M88/S38	Straight-six N.A.	1978–1989	3.5-3.8 L
M102	Straight-six turbo	1980–1982	3.2 L
M106	Straight-six turbo	1982–1986	3.4 L
M50	Straight-six N.A.	1989–1996	2.0-2.5 L
S50	Straight-six N.A.	1992–1999	3.0-3.2 L
M52	Straight-six N.A.	1994–2000	2.0-2.8 L
M54	Straight-six N.A.	2000–2006	2.2-3.0 L
S54	Straight-six N.A.	2000–2008	3.2 L
N52	Straight-six N.A.	2005–2015	2.5-3.0 L
N54	Straight-six turbo	2006–2016	3.0 L
N53	Straight-six N.A.	2007–2014	2.5-3.0 L
N55	V6 turbo	2009–present	3.0 L
S55	Straight-six turbo	2014–present	3.0 L
B58	Straight-six turbo	2015–present	3.0 L
S58	Straight-six turbo	2019–present	3.0 L
OHV V8	V8 N.A.	1951–1965	2.6-3.2 L
M60	V8 N.A.	1992–1996	3.0-4.0 L
M62	V8 N.A.	1996–2005	3.5-4.8 L
S62	V8 N.A.	1998–2006	4.9 L
N62	V8 N.A.	2001–2010	3.6-4.8 L
S65	V8 N.A.	2007–2013	4.0-4.4 L
N63	V8 turbo	2008–present	4.4 L
S63	V8 turbo	2009–present	4.4 L
S85	V10 N.A	2005–2010	5.0 L
M70	V12 N.A.	1987–1996	5.0 L
S70	V12 N.A.	1992–2000	5.6-6.1 L
M73	V12 N.A.	1993–2002	5.4 L
N73	V12 N.A.	2003–2016	6.0-6.75 L
N74	V12 turbo	2009–present	6.0-6.70 L

Automotive diesel engines

Automotive diesel engines

Engine code	Configuration	Years	Displacement
B37	Inline-three turbo	2012–present	1.5 L
M41	Inline-four turbo	1994-2000	1.7 L
M47	Inline-four turbo	1998-2006	2.0 L
N47	Inline-four turbo	2006-2014	2.0 L
B47	Inline-four turbo	2013-present	2.0 L
M21	Inline-six turbo*	1983-1993	2.4 L
M51	Inline-six turbo	1991-2000	2.5 L
M57	Inline-six turbo	1998-2011	2.5-3.0 L
N57	Inline-six turbo	2008-2015	3.0 L
B57	Inline-six turbo	2015-present	3.0 L
M67	V8 turbo	1998–2009	3.9-4.4 L

* Also produced in a naturally aspirated configuration.

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.