Good news! BMW has given its long-serving 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder engine a medium-sized protein shake, and in news that won’t surprise since you’ve just read the headline, both power and torque are up.
So, when fitted in the 240i xDrive Coupe, the M340i xDrive, and the M440i xDrive, this 3.0-liter sixer produces 387hp and 540Nm of torque—gains of 18hp and 40Nm over the puny, clearly inadequate previous incarnation.
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BMW hasn’t specified exactly how it has extracted 18 more horsepower and 30 more Newton-meters from this engine—maybe changed a zero in the ECU’s code to a one?—but it’s enough to allow each version of each car (240i, M340i sedan, wagon, M440i coupe, convertible, gran coupe) to accelerate an entire 0.1sec faster to 100kph. One whole tenth! Think of all the time you’ll save.
You’ll save more money at the pump, too, because this engine’s now more efficient. Which is good. Produces less CO2, as well. Which is also good. Know what’s also really good? The M340i Touring. Check out our review of it.
Watch: Top Gear Philippines reviews the BMW M340i Touring
NOTE: This story first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
