The BMW N20 engine is a different motor for different people. For some, it's an engine that represents the start of the downsizing era for BMW, and one that can have catastrophic and expensive engine ...

Anyone who recalls the 2017 BMW class action lawsuit over timing chain problems will be familiar with the BMW N20 engine. It's a turbocharged inline four-cylinder that sadly became embroiled in the ...

More power, greater torque, reduced fuel consumption, lower tailpipe emissions and less weight--but better? Before driving the BMW X1 xDrive28i, the first model to feature the German carmaker's new ...

Here we go again: a new engine in a new 3-series, and just like last time, the Internet blows up with rumors that the Bavarians have underrated the power output. As always, there's only one way to ...

Clearly Fred Su, the owner of Evolution Racewerks, knew something I didn't when he declined to ride shotgun during my test drive of his modified 328i. "Motion sickness," he claimed, but there was more ...

Barcelona, Spain—It's raining—not exactly ideal conditions to wring out the new 2012 BMW 328i on the Circuit de Catalunya F1 track. But some 12.5 million 3 Series cars have been sold since 1975, so ...

A subsidiary of BMW’s China JV partner Brilliance has started local assembly of BMW’s N20 4-cylinder turbocharged engines. Mianyang Xinchen Engine Machinery Company has begun assembly of the N20 ...

Michal studies Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in the UK, and has been writing for CarBuzz since March 2025. He was nominated for student culture piece of the year recently and has been ...