This week BMW brought the curtain up on the new family of three cylinder engines and the new front wheel drive BMW. Both are incredibly informative to us in understanding MINI’s future but it’s the new 1.5L three cylinder that we have the best view of. The fact that the MINI was going to be [...] (visit MotoringFile for the full article) More...
Yep, the engine is designed to be modular in design meaning they can somewhat easily extend it to a 4, 5 or 6 cylinder model. The "S" would get the 4 cylinder model according to information from Autocar as reported in this thread. http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/mini-news/14863-minis-three-cylinder-shown.html#axzz26YLAt91Q
That would make for a juicy 2 liter..... I forecast some real future performance potential.... David O may need to rethink his future MINI aspirations and may need to start practicing the sound of F56 rolling off his tongue.........