by "Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
Published 06/27/2017 at 13:55
by "Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
Published 06/27/2017 at 13:55
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The new 2018 BMW X3, like most of the rest of BMW’s lineup, comes equipped either with the B48 single turbo inline-4, tuned to 248 hp, or the B58 single turbo inline-6, tuned to 355 hp. But several of the articles about the new X3 talk about twin turbo motors. These articles are incorrect.
BMW calls any turbo motor equipped with a twin-scroll turbo a TwinPower Turbo, regardless of how many turbos are attached to the motor. For example, the N20 & B48 single turbo inline-4, and N55 & B58 single turbo inline-6 motors have TwinPower Turbo branding, in spite of having only one turbo. This is the B58 as installed in an F30 340i:
For comparison, here is an F01 750Li, equipped with the N63 twin turbo V8:
Which one has how many turbos? You wouldn’t know from looking at their plastic engine covers.
I started reading about the new 2018 X3, which looks potentially promising to me in spite of many people hating the ever-growing proliferation of crossovers, because I am on record as
genuinely enjoying
the previous X3 xDrive35i M Sport.
Several articles refers to the new X3 as coming with twin-turbo motors, which confused me, because the rest of BMW’s current lineup comes with the single-turbo B48 and B58. At first I wondered if BMW was introducing some new mass-produced twin turbo motors on the X3, but the B48 and B58 are both very new. Then I realized, these articles must’ve been confused by the TwinPower Turbo branding.
Here are articles referring to the supposedly twin turbo new X3:
BMWBlog (really, guys?)
Here are articles that don’t say twin turbo, but also don’t specify number of turbos:
Here are articles that either mention at least one exact engine code, or specifically say single turbo, or refer to the 2018 X3 as having the same engine(s) as other known, single-turbo models:
Yes, BMW calling a single turbo motor TwinPower Turbo is stupid and confusing. But come on auto writers, at least don’t call it a twin turbo motor!
"Twinpowermeansoneturbo" (twinpower)
06/27/2017 at 14:04, STARS: 5
Hence my kinja handle. I’ll see myself out...
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/27/2017 at 14:05, STARS: 0
My wife has a 2015 X3 3.5i with the TwinPower Turbo. Of course, it has neither a 3.5 liter engine, nor two turbos, because BMW.
TBH, though, I think she had it for 18 months before I realized that there was only 1 turbo under the hood.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
06/27/2017 at 14:05, STARS: 0
I think “Twin-Power Turbo” is the least of their naming problems when they call a car “BMW Individual M760Li xDrive V12 Excellence THE NEXT 100 YEARS”.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/27/2017 at 14:10, STARS: 0
But at least it is a Twin Scroll turbo, right? If not, this would be really stupid.
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
06/27/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 1
Reminds me of a comment I made years and years ago
Twin Turbo - two turbos.
Sequential Turbo - two turbos in a mechanical centipede (think about that one for a while).
Biturbo - two pretentious turbos.
TwinPowerTurbo - TwoPretentiousTurbos.
Hybrid Turbo - the leafblower worked.
Funny fact: someone stole it from me and didn’t even attribute :\
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
06/27/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 0
I thought for the first few months of having our X3 35i that it was in fact a Twin-Turbo.
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
06/27/2017 at 14:28, STARS: 0
And in other news, a Jag 3.5T = a 3.0 supercharged...
"Dasupersprint - base trim is enough" (dasupersprint)
06/27/2017 at 14:31, STARS: 0
Is that right? I was so confused when I saw this written on a XE. How stupid is that?
"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
06/27/2017 at 14:53, STARS: 0
I’m guessing this means that if BMW offers an engine with two twin-scroll turbos, it will be a ‘Quadpower Turbo’ engine...
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
06/27/2017 at 14:57, STARS: 0
Um...
For comparison, here is an F01 750Li, equipped with the N63 twin turbo V8:
(The turbos on the N63 are twin scroll)
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
06/27/2017 at 15:04, STARS: 0
lol yep. And if those number/letter combos are meaningless to us, it makes me wonder what the idea is behind it? Just marketing I guess? Not that I wouldn’t take a “3.5T” XE... so nice.
"Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru" (matt-powershiftmedia)
06/27/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 0
HAHA it’s about time someone sets it straight. Thank you for this!
"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
06/27/2017 at 15:23, STARS: 0
Well that’s proof that marketing people are EVIL...
"AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech)
06/27/2017 at 15:53, STARS: 0
I feel like BMW did this on purpose.
"Rico" (ricorich)
06/27/2017 at 15:54, STARS: 0
What do they call the new diesel one with 4 turbos?
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
06/27/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 1
The old (but not very old) N57S triple-turbo diesel in the M55od and other _50d models was called M Performance TwinPower , apparently. Here it is in the X6 M50d:
The new quad-turbo diesel is referred to as “BMW TwinPower Turbo multi-stage turbocharging with four turbochargers” in this press release about the new 750d. This one for the M550d says “BMW TwinPower Turbo Technology including four turbochargers.”
Pictures attached to both of those press releases have engine covers that say M PERFORMANCE in what looks to be almost (but not quite) the Star Trek: The Next Generation font.
750d
M550d
"FiST of FuRRY" (steeeez)
06/27/2017 at 19:54, STARS: 0
I immediately thought
twin scroll
when I heard the name, but I have a 2017 WRX, so I got it on the brain as of late
"Rico" (ricorich)
06/27/2017 at 23:16, STARS: 0
Damn what a mouthful “BMW TwinPower Turbo multi-stage turbocharging with four turbochargers” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.