Its simple overhead valve design and cast-iron construction made this platform damn near the perfect workhorse engine, with 200,000+ miles being a standard affair. The BMW M30 remains the German ...

BMW's M30 "Big Six" went into plenty of 5-, 6-, and ... the more fragile Honda B and D engines). Sadly, Cash For Clunkers no doubt sent many thousands of M20s to BMW Engine Heaven.

First released in 1968, BMW’s M30 inline-6 was so well designed that the manufacturer used the engine for almost three decades. The M30 proved to be a durable and reliable engine, capable of ...

M designates a line of engines that BMW offered in its cars from the mid-1970s until 2005, the first of which were units like the M88, M20, and M30, and it marks the closing of an important ...

However, in 1988 and 1989, the Magnum received the M30, a 3.4-liter inline-6 from BMW. This version of the engine, the M30B35, produced 208 hp and 225 lb-ft of torque. The M30 is a venerable ...

Trivia: BMW dealer and coachbuilder Firma Euler GmbH ... and was offered in two wheelbase versions. The M30 engine was carried over for the lower-spec models, though a 3.0-liter and a 4.0-liter ...

4 – M30 B32, 3210 cc, straight-six ... 3 – M47, 1951cc, Diesel straight-four, 136 BHP (E46) With this engine, BMW has shown that a Diesel can be fun. In fact, the 320d powered by this 134 ...

Most of BMW's greatest designs owe their look to the ... which swapped out the M30 engines used in "Big Six" cars for two decades for the M88/3 derived from the mid-engined M1.

Though BMW's venerable M30 3.5-liter inline six-cylinder engine was found in the base 735i, the second-generation 7 Series also received an all-new 300-hp, 5.0-liter V-12 engine in the 750iL ...