We know sure that the M3 becomes all-electric. We also know that the restrictions on combustion engines become narrower and narrower. After all, we have a promise from Sylvia Neubauer, Vice President customer, brand and sales at BMW M that BMW M offers gas-powered engines as long as possible. But what does that really mean for the future of gas-powered M vehicles?
In our last chat with Ms. Neubauer, she didn’t give us a clear way forward. However, the evidence is on the basis of our own sources and some assumptions at our end. And everything points to a hybridized S58 that could serve as the beating heart of the next iteration of gas-powered M-cars. Just don’t expect a plug-in hybrid like in the new M5, but a mild hybrid implementation as in B58 and S68.
Memory: BMW is initially committed to ice
BMW and M plan to produce electrical and gas models side by side, “as long as there is customer needs,” says Ms. Neubauer. It repeats your words in the past and claims that BMW will “meet all requirements in every market as long as it allows regulation”. She chats with us today and also says that BMW “will continue this strategy in which we have several drive trains for a car”. And since we already know that there is an electric M3 on the way, it is also a fact that a gas -powered person has a home in the line -up. “We didn’t show you everything,” says Ms. Neubauer’s answer when we create answers to an M3 Electric Promo video in which we clearly hear the roaring of a combustion engine.
The S58 and Euro 7
Photo: Steven PaulSo we found that another gas M3 (G84) is in the works. However, the upcoming regulations in Euro 7 guarantee that the S58 requires hybridization in order to remain compliant. Euro 7 regulations will be in full power at the end of 2027, and the production of G80 is expected to end at the beginning of the year.
Another consideration: The current M2 could see another slight refresher for a production in 2029. Assuming that this is the case, the car 7 must be compliant. The hybridization of the S58, which is already under the bonnet, is a logical progress. It also supports another comment that she made when we spoke to her. “You can not only do it for one unit, then it would be incredibly expensive,” she says when asked about gas and electrical M models that exist side by side. Essentially, she claims that the supplier-side demand stipulates that Super Small Production runs are simply not viable. So If A hybrid -s58 came that he would have to get under the bonnet of more than one model. But that is our own assumption, and BMW M is being directed closely for the time being.
“We will remain compliant with the regulation, so we will find solutions. I know that the solution will be very appealing, ”says Neubauer expressly and make sure not to work through that.
We are not sure what kind of updates to the S58 are, but it seems more than promising that we see an S58 current for additional electron sources in the near future to continue M2 and M3 as we know it today. The only other alternative is to pack an S68 under the bonnet that is already 7 euro 7 capable. And BMW would never do that. Right?
