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New BMW MINI Diesel engines

BMW Mini’s engineers have successfully managed to fit the BMW four-cylinder engine, designed for a longitudinal application, into the Mini’s engine bay in a transverse installation. The work involved in fitting the BMW engine to the Mini was described by our source as "tricky". This should mean a new generation of BMW MINI lovers and much healthier pockets on long runs with the added torque kicking in for those "sportier" short journeys

The first of the new Mini diesels will have around 150bhp, similar to that of the 118d, but hopefully it will also be possible to use the more powerful twin-turbo diesel from the 123d in the BMW Mini. That would create a BMW Mini diesel with over 200bhp, and could form the basis for a BMW John Cooper Works diesel Mini.

The new Mini diesels are expected to be unveiled at next year’s Geneva motor show in March, and go on sale in the summer.