The BMW M10 was a straight-4 SOHC piston engine produced from 1962 to 1988 with displacements ranging from 1499 cc to 1990 cc. The engine was a commercial success for the Bavarian carmaker, with over 3.5 million produced in almost three decades across many BMW models. It was also used as the basis for the turbocharged BMW M12 motorsport engine, which for instance was used by Brabham-BMW in the Formula One racing series.
The engine was designed by engineer and race driver Baron Alex von Falkenhausen. In the late 1950s, he was asked to design a small-displacement (1.3 L) engine, but felt that this would be insufficient for the company's future needs. Therefore, he convinced BMW that the capacity should be 1.5 L instead and he designed a block that could be expanded to 2.0 L in the future.
The BMW M40 series of engines replaced the M10 in the late 1980s.
The engine was initially known as the "M115" (the last two digits representing the 1.5 litre capacity). Over the years, variants of the engine were given various codes (most of them starting with "M1..." and the remaining digits relating to the capacity). In 1975, the engine became known as then "M10", then in 1980 it was given the standardised BMW engine code of M10B18 (where "M10" represents the series and the "18" represents the 1.8 litre capacity).
The way you talk, the things you've done
Make me wish I was the only one
Who could ever have made you laugh now?
Who could have made you, made you want to cry?
To have been there, the day
You first whispered, "I love you"
Yes, I love you
When you discovered all those new things
And when you first, first met the world
When you felt beautiful and you said 'Hello'
To everything you saw if I could have been all
So I could have known you all those times
I love you, yes, I love you
The BMW M10 was a straight-4 SOHC piston engine produced from 1962 to 1988 with displacements ranging from 1499 cc to 1990 cc. The engine was a commercial success for the Bavarian carmaker, with over 3.5 million produced in almost three decades across many BMW models. It was also used as the basis for the turbocharged BMW M12 motorsport engine, which for instance was used by Brabham-BMW in the Formula One racing series.
The engine was designed by engineer and race driver Baron Alex von Falkenhausen. In the late 1950s, he was asked to design a small-displacement (1.3 L) engine, but felt that this would be insufficient for the company's future needs. Therefore, he convinced BMW that the capacity should be 1.5 L instead and he designed a block that could be expanded to 2.0 L in the future.
The BMW M40 series of engines replaced the M10 in the late 1980s.
The engine was initially known as the "M115" (the last two digits representing the 1.5 litre capacity). Over the years, variants of the engine were given various codes (most of them starting with "M1..." and the remaining digits relating to the capacity). In 1975, the engine became known as then "M10", then in 1980 it was given the standardised BMW engine code of M10B18 (where "M10" represents the series and the "18" represents the 1.8 litre capacity).