“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.