“Hybrids with a three-cylinder engine are coming rapidly,” said Ian Robertson, BMW AG board member for sales and marketing, at the Paris Auto Show .
In the US, this smaller powerplant will reportedly find its way into the 2014 BMW i8 and possibly non-hybrid models such as the next-generation MINI.
"It behaves like a six-cylinder, it is half of a six-cylinder engine and has the noise of a six-cylinder," Robertston added.
In the US, this smaller powerplant will reportedly find its way into the 2014 BMW i8 and possibly non-hybrid models such as the next-generation MINI.
"It behaves like a six-cylinder, it is half of a six-cylinder engine and has the noise of a six-cylinder," Robertston added.