Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short, The Drive‘s daily news roundup that gathers the biggest automotive headlines from around the world. The Downshift summarizes stories into a few sentences and peppers in links for those seeking more detail. We hope you had a nice, hopefully long weekend—here’s your bulletin for Tuesday, September 8, 2026. 3⃣ BMW has let some powertrain figures slip for the new range-topping, gas-powered M350 xDrive—yup, the “i” is officially gone—and it sounds like a hoot: 443 horsepower and 428 lb-ft of torque from the latest edition of its B58 3.0-liter, twin-turbocharged inline-six. Oh, and there will be a drift mode, called ‘Drift Moment,” even…
Straight-Six-Powered BMW M350 Promises 440 HP and a Drift Mode: TDS
