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BMW is working on a quad-turbo engine.

BMW is working on a quad-turbo engine, says Autocar. The company offers a tri-turbo in the X5 xDrive50d M Performance and the M550d, adding an electrically driven turbocharger for extra low-end boost pressure. To make it a quad-turbo, BMW would add another electrically driven turbo, or could simply add a second bi-turbo to the diesel inline-six. The quad-turbo inline-six diesel engine is expected to debut in the M750d 7-series sedan in 2016,Autocar says. The engine could develop more than 400 hp and 590 pounds-feet of…

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