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Saturday, May 10, 2008

BMW to use engines jointly developed with PSA in BMW brand cars

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG. will use the four-cylinder engines it has jointly developed with French carmaker PSA in BMW brand cars, chief executive Norbert Reithofer said in a pre-release of his interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

He said the future generation of the BMW 1 Series will be fitted with these four-cylinder engines.

The report said BMW had previously intended to use these engines only in the MINI brand cars.

Reithofer also disclosed the new generation of the BMW 7-Series, which will be launched this year, will be fitted with a new hybrid engine.