# Report: GM may buy BMW engines

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [March 1, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/report-gm-may-buy-bmw-engines/44250 "2008-03-01T14:01:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/report-gm-may-buy-bmw-engines/44250/60 "2008-03-03T08:14:57Z")

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> [@Fry](#):
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> GM cancelled the Northstar replacement because of the new emissions laws, so unless BMW has a more efficient V8 than GM could design I’d doubt that. :shrug:

Umm, the V8 in the new M3 gets 420 hp from 4.0L, while the Northstar had 320 from 4.6L…?

And I’d bet that buying the motor from BMW makes more economic sense for a low-volume app than engineering a whole new V8, especially given the new CAFE “environment” GM is working with.

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