2012 BMW 6 Series Coupe Engine Family Includes Two Petrols And a Diesel

The German automaker took the wraps off the third generation of this top-class coupe in mid-March this year, revealing preliminary details which at that time only included two powertrains in the form of the 650i and 640i variants.

Now, BMW has come to present the entire engine family the new 6 Series Coupe brings, which seems to have included a diesel powertrain in the meantime.

This means the market introduction of the new BMW 6 Series Coupe will include three engien variants: BMW 650i Coupe with eight-cylinder power unit (300 kW/407 hp), BMW 640i Coupe with a six-cylinder in-line petrol engine (235 kW/320 hp), BMW 640d Coupe with a six-cylinder in-line diesel engine (230 kW/313 hp).

All engine variants combined with an eight-speed Sport automatic transmission as standard equipment, BMW EfficientDynamics measures that have no peer in the segment (including Auto Start-Stop function and ECO PRO mode for the BMW 640i Coupe and BMW 640d Coupe), optimized efficiency combined with a significant 30 kW, 35 kW and 20 kW power increase over predecessor models (BMW 650i, BMW 640i and BMW 640d, respectively).

Not only the new generation will mark the premiere for BMW xDrive in the BMW 6 Series (with the 650i xDrive Coupe), but it is also the first car in the segment with Adaptive LED Headlights for low and high beam, including cornering function, fog lamps and rear lights also implemented with LED technology.

Model variants are detailed below:

BMW 650i Coupe (BMW 650i xDrive Coupe): V8 petrol engine,
BMW TwinPower Turbo technology with two turbochargers and
high-precision direct injection,
displacement: 4 395 cc, output: 300 kW/407 hp at 5,500 to 6,400 rpm,
max. torque: 600 Nm at 1,750 to 4,500 rpm,
acceleration [0 – 100 km/h]: 4.9 seconds (4.8 seconds),
top speed: 250 km/h,
average fuel consumption: 10.5 – 10.6 litres (11.3 litres)/100 kilometres,
CO2 emissions: 245 – 246 g/km (262 – 263 g/km), exhaust standard: EU5.

BMW 640i Coupe: six-cylinder in-line petrol engine,
BMW TwinPower Turbo technology with twin-scroll turbochargers,
high-precision direct injection and VALVETRONIC,
displacement: 2,979 cc, output: 235 kW/320 hp at 5,800 to 6,000 rpm,
max. torque: 450 Nm at 1,300 to 4,500 rpm,
acceleration [0 – 100 km/h]: 5.4 seconds,
top speed: 250 km/h,
average fuel consumption: 7.6 – 7.8 litres/100 kilometres,
CO2 emissions: 177 – 181 g/km, exhaust standard: EU5.

BMW 640d Coupe: six-cylinder in-line diesel engine,
BMW TwinPower Turbo technology with multi-stage turbocharger and Common Rail direct injection,
displacement: 2,993 cc, output: 230 kW/313 hp at 4,400 rpm,
max. torque: 630 Nm at 1,500 – 2,500 rpm,
acceleration [0 – 100 km/h]: 5.5 seconds,
top speed: 250 km/h,
average fuel consumption: 5.4 – 5.5 litres/100 kilometres,
CO2 emissions: 143 – 145 g/km, exhaust standard: EU5.