Thanks to our relatively affordable gas prices, diesel-powered passenger cars never really caught on here as they did in Europe. To those motorists, the promise of improved fuel economy was clearly ...

Back in 2012, BMW introduced the M550d and M50d versions of the 5 Series, X5, and X6. The N57 diesel in those models had a tri-turbo setup for tons of torque, translating to brisk acceleration off the ...

Just when we were beginning to lose faith in BMW, rumors begin to surface on a crazy new triple turbocharged diesel engine for an X5 Performance Diesel package. Intriguing would be an understatement.

In 2016, BMW unveiled its 3.0-liter inline-six quad-turbo diesel engine. The story behind it isn't quite as important as where BMW got its brand name from, but the B57S (or B57D30S0, as it was ...

John has a BCom Degree with a background in corporate Marketing. He has been in automotive journalism since 2014 and has worked at CarBuzz since Feb 2024. John has written for Magneto, the BMW Car ...