The BMW 3.0 N55 engine only came a few years later than the 3.0 N54, and both had much the same power output, so what are the differences between the two?

The BMW N54 engine is one of those rare modern powerplants that arrived with a bang and never really stopped making noise. The N54 motor debuted with a mission: to combine BMW's traditional inline-six ...

Car enthusiasts of a certain age may feel particularly dated by the following fact: the first two powerplants to mark BMW's mass-market adoption of twin-turbo engines are about to start turning 20.

BMW has a long history of engineering excellence, and since the beginning of this century has produced some iconic ...

While BMW certainly used to favor naturally aspirated engines, the German automaker has been relying on boosted fours and sixes much more frequently over the last 20 years. BMW has experimented with ...