The M2's Engine Will Probably Be A Turbo 4 Based Off Of A DTM Engine

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
05/22/2015 at 16:00 • Filed to: None

BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt has said, “We’re developing the new engine for DTM, which is a four-cylinder direct-injection turbo engine.”

Will this be the M2’s powerplant? I think so. It’ll prevent the car from stepping on the M3’s toes while returning to the brand’s motorsports roots. What do you think?

DISCUSSION (18)

LongbowMkII > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/22/2015 at 16:02

Sounds good. just need a 50,000 dollar loan with no expectation of repayment.

FromCanadaWithLove > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/22/2015 at 16:04

I’ve heard it’s just an N55 with some extra bits. Either way, I want one.

nermal > FromCanadaWithLove
05/22/2015 at 16:06

It will probably have as much in common with the I4 in the 228 as the M3/4 does with the I6 in the 335.

djmt1 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/22/2015 at 16:08

So their lineup is:

228i: Turbo inline 4

M235i: Turbo inline 6

M2: Turbo inline 4

Any other manufacturer I would call bollocks but for BMW...

Hermann > djmt1
05/22/2015 at 16:14

Well, once upon a time:

320i: Inline 4

325i: Inline 6

M3: Inline 4, derived from the DTM engine.

That’s the mythical E30. So, I think it’s quite nice to hear that’s coming again. It'll break some purist minds, though, which is even better.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > djmt1
05/22/2015 at 16:15

Just think that a quarter of a century ago it was NA 4, NA 6, NA 4

DipodomysDeserti > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/22/2015 at 16:18

This would be fucking awesome.

MultiplaOrgasms > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/22/2015 at 16:20

Hasn’t it been confirmed that the M2 will get an intermediate version of the 3.0 Turbo between the 235i and the M3/M4? Besides, it seems unlikely that BMW would put a detuned DTM engine in a road car. DTM engines have historically been unrelated to production engines since the reboot in 2000.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > MultiplaOrgasms
05/22/2015 at 16:21

Nothing has been confirmed about anything

MultiplaOrgasms > Hermann
05/22/2015 at 16:33

Well the E30 320i had a 2.0 Inline 6.

Hermann > MultiplaOrgasms
05/22/2015 at 16:34

320is, then.

MultiplaOrgasms > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/22/2015 at 16:38

But it is still very unlikely that the DTM engine is going to end up in the M2 in some form or another.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > MultiplaOrgasms
05/22/2015 at 16:46

DTM is moving to 2.0L Turbocharged engines in 2016 just like Super GT500, in an effort to mirror what’s going on with the street cars. I don’t see why it’s unlikely for BMW to use a motorsports developed engine for the street.

MultiplaOrgasms > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/22/2015 at 17:13

Because the current DTM cars are basically prototype race cars, with next to nothing in common with the production cars they resemble. F1 also moved to turbo engines, but did it in an effort to mirror what’s going on with production cars? All DTM cars have been using 4.0L V8 engines for the past 15 years. Sure, you can buy a V8 powered Audi A5 or Mercedes C-Class, but those engines are at best very loosely related to the ones used in DTM. Why should that change now? The days of the 190 Evo and E30 M3, when DTM cars actually were touring cars you could buy in showrooms are long gone.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > MultiplaOrgasms
05/22/2015 at 17:37

They are downsizing the motors to more realistically reflect the road cars, and that’s a fact. They’ve realized that people would be more interested in racing if they can actually relate to the cars.

MultiplaOrgasms > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/22/2015 at 17:47

If they want people to relate to the cars, why don’t make the DTM a touring car series again? I would have issues relating to a RWD, Transaxle, carbon fibre chassis Audi A5.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > MultiplaOrgasms
05/22/2015 at 17:48

It’s their logic, not mine.

Variance > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/23/2015 at 00:39

All of the M2 mules currently running around the ‘ring are 6-cylinder cars, and official testing documents submitted to the German government a while back show that it is using a modified N55, coded N55B3T0. According to the insider SCOTT26 on Bimmerpost, the turbo 4 idea was initially considered, but then dropped; I was very much in the 4-banger camp, so it made me very sad. At this point in the development cycle, I can’t see them changing, unless the rumored M2 CSL will get a unique engine.