The BMW M3 retains the internal combustion engine after the EU relaxed the new emission requirements, BMW Blog learns.
BMW is in the process of electrifying its entire model range, but one thing the Germans apparently do not care about, namely the internal combustion engine.
As one of the only brands in the German automotive industry, the brand from Munich has refused to set an end date for the internal combustion engine. And now there is more good news from that side, if you are a fan of the fossil car.
After the EU has greatly relaxed the requirements for the upcoming emission standard for passenger cars, called Euro 7, BMW continues with a combustion engine in the next M3.
This is written by the BMW Blog .
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But that's not all; the media believes that BMW lets an M3 with an electric engine and an M3 with a combustion engine cobble together side by side, even though the two assembly lines have no common features at all.
The car with a petrol engine will thus be built on a completely different platform. Having said that, the media also writes that the M4 will only be available as an electric car when the next bottling of the coupé model is ready.
BMW's plan is to continue with the use of the 3-liter inline six called the S58, as it will still be able to cope even with the new and thus only slightly stricter emission requirements.
One thing, however, the future M3 owners should not expect to see, namely a manual gearbox and thus a car with three pedals. Recently, BMW announced that it is completely done with this kind of thing.
BMW is generally not alone in sticking to the internal combustion engine. Several countries are now backing out of political proposals for a ban on fossil-fuel cars, and the EU's otherwise planned ban from 2035 is wavering.
The EU Parliament's largest group of political parties has said that they want to roll back the legislation completely. Read more about it here .
