The BMW M models won't be hybrids for long

In this niche, anyone who doesn’t keep pace with the rest at a minimum runs a huge risk: dying in the attempt.

As a result, the word “hybridisation” is already being mentioned alongside “BMW M“, a combination that until now was unthinkable, but which seems closer than it appears.

If we think about it for a moment, one quickly realises that hybridisation in the automotive world has taken a practically exponential leap forward in recent years. Around the year 2000, hybrid vehicles could almost be counted on one’s fingers, because their technology was not yet sufficiently “mature”.

However, if we look around us now, it is very hard to find a brand that does not have at least one hybrid model in its lineup. What’s more, today’s great hypercars, the Porsche 918 Spyder, the McLaren P1 and the Ferrari LaFerrari, are all hybrids, which gives a good indication of how important hybridisation is in today’s automotive world.

It is paradoxical that, to this day, the performance ranges of the major manufacturers have not yet embraced hybrid technology. We mean that neither Audi, nor BMW, nor Mercedes yet applies its hybridisation expertise to develop the models in its S/RS, M and AMG ranges, something that seems set to change sooner than we think.

Hybridisation will be used to improve performance and reduce consumption

The first to take the step will be the Bavarian manufacturer, which, according to our colleagues at Autoexpress, has already been developing hybrid solutions for the models in its most performance-oriented range. It is a logical advance that will quickly spread among the other manufacturers, extending hybrid technology to the most “passionate” models of every brand.

It seems that hybrid technology will not only serve to reduce consumption and emissions figures, a matter that greatly concerns the automotive industry. Let us remember that hybridisation can also be focused on improving the performance and dynamics of vehicles, making them faster, in the purest racing style.

Nevertheless, although it seems clear that the next generation of the current BMW M models will already feature hybrid technology, BMW has stated that it does not yet want to develop any M model that is purely electric, since the brand’s customers are not demanding it for the time being.

Source | Autoexpress.co.uk