- PATRICK M. HOEY AND THE MANUFACTURER
Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday here in the land of freedom, BMW is announcing a 5-series with four cylinders. (That is the tie-in, right?) For 2012, the 528i will trade its naturally aspirated 3.0-liter inline-six for the company&rsquo,s new N20 turbo four. Including the recently announced M5. this makes the 5-series engine lineup all-turbo.
2012 BMW 528i 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 engine
The engine will be equipped with a stop/start system, something BMW usually leaves out of U.S. products because of its limited effect in EPA fuel-economy testing. The EPA hasn&rsquo,t yet tested this new engine, but BMW expects a 15-percent increase in mileage over the 2011 528i&mdash,figure on something like a 2-mpg increase over that model&rsquo,s 22/32 city/highway ratings.
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