An international jury composed of 62 motoring journalists has decided: these are the best engines of 2007, by category: http://www.ukintpress.com/engineofth...egories04.html


The winners in each category are:

1. Best new engine: BMW 3-litre Twin Turbo (335i)

2. Best fuel economy: Toyota 1.5-litre Hybrid Synergy Drive

3. Best performance engine: BMW 5-litre V10 (M5, M6)

4. Best sub 1-litre: Toyota 1-litre

5. 1-litre to 1.4-litre: Volkswagen 1.4-litre TSI Twincharger

6. 1.4-litre to 1.8-litre: BMW-PSA 1.6-litre Turbo (MINI Cooper S, Peugeot 207)

7. 1.8-litre to 2-litre: Volkswagen/Audi 2-litre Turbo FSI

8. 2-litre to 2.5-litre: BMW 2.5-litre (325, 525, Z4, X3)

9. 2.5-litre to 3-litre: BMW 3-litre Twin Turbo (335i)

10. 3-litre to 4-litre: Porsche 3.6-litre Turbo (911 Turbo)

11. Above 4-litre: BMW 5-litre V10 (M5, M6)

And the grand prize:

12. International Engine Of The Year 2007: BMW 3-litre Twin Turbo (335i)

 

Wow, not a single American engine...

 

Those are the winners only in each category. I believe there's a Ford engine (1.4L I think) somewhere. But anyway, are you really that surprised? Can you think of an American engine that could top any of those categories?

 

On the other hand, the 4.6 is one of Ward's 10 Best Engines.

 

International or American?

 

there are all kinds of categories for the small engines....but then it goes to 4 liter and above? not fair at all for larger motors

 

You'd think that at least GM's LS family of engines would show up on that list - compact, powerful, and not too thirsty given the power output. A racing derivative has been doing pretty well at Le Mans for quite a while now... I guess it's a OHC/hp/liter thing.

 

For some reason, this list looks like an advertisement for German engineering.

 

HEMI! HEMI! HEMI!

 

International.

 

I'm here to help you with that, if you could just step into my office for a minute.

 

Their opinion is worthless, seems to qualify you either have to be a BMW or any German engine, and most of the BMW's I've been in left a lot to be desired engine-wise.

 

Shoulda nuked them too.

 

Ask a BMW service technician if they agree. BMW is the master of Check-engine-light-electrical-hell in that they can get the car to fall apart right after they go 1000 miles out of warranty. VW is trying but they cant make it past 10k without the CEL becoming a monthly issue.

Its self-proclaimed expert "journalist's" opinions so who cares anyway.

 

Try working on any of those engines Royal PITA.

 

The only thing good about that list is commonly used word "TURBO"