Just a year and a half since its unveiling, the BMW X1 xDrive28i has had an engine overhaul. The subcompact SUV has the honors of being the debut vehicle for BMW’s new N20B20, which finally brings BMW’s TwinPower Turbo technology to its 4-cylinder engine.
The 6-cylinder X1 xDrive28i previously featured the company’s 3.0 litre 6-cylinder normally aspirated engine, making 258 horsepower at 6,600rpm and 310Nm of torque from 2,600rpm to 3,000rpm, with a fuel consumption of 9.4 litre per 100km.
Thanks to the downsized forced induction 2.0 litre N20B20 4-cylinder engine, the new X1 xDrive28i consumes just 7.9 litres per 100km.
Peak power is 245 horsepower at 5,000rpm and 350Nm of torque from as low as 1,250rpm – as you can see, the stats are better in every way! 0 to 100km/h is achieved in 6.1 seconds with the manual and 6.5 seconds with the auto, an improvement of 0.7 seconds and 0.3 seconds respectively.
The manual transmission remains the 6-speeder found in the X1 before this, but the new N20 turbocharged engine is mated with an 8-speed transmission instead of the outgoing 6-speeder – this makes the new X1 xDrive28i the first X1 equipped with an 8-speed automatic transmission. I think it’s just a matter of time before the rest of the models get updated with an 8-speeder.
You can probably expect the N20B20 to find its way into the 1-Series and the 3-Series as well as perhaps the X3, but I’m not quite sure about the 5-Series, although on paper the engine would be more than capable! I’m also very curious on how this new engine sounds like – can it match up with the sweet song of an inline-6?
Look after the jump for a huge hi-res gallery of the X1.
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did i miss something?wht is the capacity of the new engine?
is 2.0 turbo. :D
Paul, i dont think the 3.0 xDrive28i had the manual transmission. Its an auto only and this also marks the worlds first 8 speeder auto in a 2.0 petrol. :D
I was referring to the X1 range across the board in general… they’re all 6-speed manual and auto, but the auto inline-4 turbo now gets 8-speed auto.
Paul ,
Would you be aware whether this new range of beemer engines are usable in Malaysia?
As I believe these high tech ones usually are probably not …. hence wont be offered?
2.0 liter N20B20 4-cylinder engine w/ TwinPower Turbo
They say you need time to digest this car’s look.
Well, it’s been a while and it still look ugly!!
Hyundai’s latest 2.0Turbo got 274hp and 364Nm..
wow….kinda surprised to see those figures….245hp and 350Nm, makes the Golf GTi Mk6’s 210hp and 280Nm look like nothing. The future 3 series even the base model 320i can probably smoke the Golf GTi Mk6..
The 325 and 523i needs this engine……. that will at least bring things even with Benz’s CGI engines and Audi’s TFSI engines… The industry needs turbo charged 4 cylinders more than turbocharged 6 cylinders for the family saloon market.
my dad used to own an old pajero..it takes an ages from 0-100kmh..now bmw got a suv that can propel the car 0-100kmh in 6.1 sec! even faster than golf gti!
Good mix of power and economy. Hope they can bring this engine here despite our low quality fuel
WOULD BE MINE
wow..looks cool n hot spec.