BMW have announced their presence for the 2017 New
York Auto Show with an extensive lineup. Among the models that display starting April 12 are the iPerformance cars that include the 330e,
530e, 740 xDrive, and X5 xDrive40e.
All of them combine a 2.0-liter turbo'd four-banger
with an electric motor that produces a combined output of 248 horses and 420 Nm of torque in the 3-Series and 5-Series, whereas the
flagship sedan gets 322 horses and 500 Nm of torque, and the SUV's
powertrain boasts 309 HP.
Sharing the same space at the BMW stand will be the
540i xDrive, with its 3.0-liter inline-six that yields 335 HP and 450 Nm of torque, and needs 4.7 seconds to go from naught to 96
km/h.
The more potent M550i xDrive, which runs on an
8-cylinder gasoline engine with 456 HP and 651 Nm of torque also displayed in the 'City that never sleeps'.
Last, is the M760i xDrive,
which integrates a 12-cylinder gasoline engine producing 601 HP and 800 Nm of torque. Thanks to these numbers, it goes from rest to 96
km/h in a supercar-time of 3.6 seconds, before topping out at an
electronically capped speed of 250 km/h.
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