BMW to revive 6 Series; electric XM crossover scrapped

BMW plans to resurrect an old nameplate as it consolidates its lineup of gasoline-powered coupes and convertibles.

The German automaker will revive the 6 Series in the U.S. after it was ditched in 2019, according to a supply-chain industry source who requested not to be identified while sharing future product plans.

The midsize 6 Series will be launched as a coupe and convertible in the second half of 2026. It will be based on BMWs Cluster Architecture platform and support gasoline, gasoline-electric hybrid and electric powertrains. Volumes are expected to be small.

Electrification drive
The 6 Series will launch as BMW discontinues the 8 Series and 4 Series with combustion engines.

AutoForecast Solutions Vice President Sam Fiorani said several traditional gasoline models will disappear as BMW aims for EVs to make up half of all brand sales by 2030.

End of the road
At the top of the lineup, BMW plans to eventually drop the high-performance XM plug-in hybrid crossover that arrived in U.S. stores early last year.

According to a supply chain analyst, BMW has also scrapped plans for an all-electric XM. Production of the emissions-free XM, codenamed G79, was to begin at BMWs Spartanburg, S.C., factory in late 2028.

Here is the complete 2019MY Schedule, listing all 2019 models along with their start of production and end of production dates.

Please note that this chart is not yet complete. Still to be added are other 2019MY vehicles to be produced 2018-2019, such as the all-new 8 Series (production already begun),

BMW Fxx/Gxx B58 OBD Flashing is now supported by mFlasher by Missionperformance

Here’s our visual comparison of the BMW M850i xDrive Coupe (G16) against the outgoing 6 Series Coupe M Sport (F12).

Dimensionally, here’s how they compare. The 8 Series is:

1.5 inches shorter than the 6 Series Coupe
0.3 inches wider than the 6 Series Coupe
1 inch lower than the 6 Series Coupe
1.3 inch shorter wheelbase than the 6 Series Coupe

2019 Model Year BMW Order and Price Guides:

2019 BMW M2 Competition Coupe (F87) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW M4 Coupe, Convertible, CS (F82 / F83) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW M5 Sedan, Including Competition Model (F90) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW M6 Gran Coupe (F06) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW X6 M (F86) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW 2 Series Coupe and Convertible (F22 / F23) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW 3 Series Wagon and GT (F31 / F34) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW 4 Series Coupe, Convertible, Gran Coupe (F32 / F33 / F36) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW 5 Series (G30) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW 6 Series and Alpina B6 Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW 7 Series and Alpina B7 (G12) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW i8 Coupe and Roadster (I12 / I15) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW X3 (G01) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW X4 (G02) – Order and Price Guides

2019 BMW X6 (F16) – Order and Price Guides

Gintani F8X M3/M4 Software Upgrade

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Tune options include:
– Top speed limiter removed
– Octane ignition timing & optimization of fuel quality (91, 93, E85, etc)
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– Cold start on/off

F Series OBDII Port ECU Flashing Is NOW Available from VF Engineering

BMW F Series Full OBD II ECU Flash Testing Completed by BPM

Introduced in 2014 in collaboration between BMW and ALPINA, the four-door Coup

Info on the next generation of BMW engines, including the B37 will not get any major updates in RWD models anytime soon. The transverse (FWD) version has a TU planned. No new versions are planned.

B38 will get TU for all existing versions (starting with the recently updated F48 sDrive18i), with the exception of the 1.2L one and the one that goes into i8. No new versions are planned.
B47 is simple: TU for all versions with the exception of longitudinal 16d (will be dropped?)
B48 is starting to get its first TU (now available in Europe in F48 sDrive20i). The TU version will soon find its way into more UKL models, and then we’ll see it in the CLAR cars, either with 07/18 “model upgrade measures” in G30, or at G20 intro. The only new version of this engine currently planned is the one that will go into UKL M35i, B48A20T1. The longitudinal versions will remain limited to 20i (B48B20M1) and 30i (B48B20O1).
B57 – TU for 30d and 40d, but not 50d.
B58 will get a TU (probably mid-2019), and with the TU will come a new version, B58B30O1. Note that up until now, all models, even the highest output X3 M40i, have been using the M0 version of this engine. O1 will probably take us even closer to 400hp, and I won’t be surprised to see new model names (M45i? though don’t quote me on this).
N63 is currently in its third iteration (TU2), and there will be the fourth one (TU3) that will add two new versions, one below (M3) and one above (T3) of the current O2 (to be succeeded by O3). This actually looks somewhat illogical to me, since the future top version of B58 and the future bottom version of N63 should end up really close to each other in output. I suspect one of them may not actually happen.
N74 used in the brand new Phantom is actually one iteration ahead of the one in M760i (TU2 vs TU1) in addition to being bigger (6.8L vs 6.6L). M760i will catch up with its own TU2 soon, but there will also be something new, probably RR specific (Cullinan Black Badge?): N74B68M2.
S55 will not get a TU, but will be replaced by S58 (full name S58B30T0), as we already know.
S63 just got its newest upgrade in F90. It’s going to stick around for a while.