The winners:
- BMW 3.0 litre Twin Turbo in-line six cylinder petrol engine
- BMW M 5.0 litre V10 petrol engine
- BMW 2.5 litre in-line six cylinder petrol engine
- MINI 1.6 litre Turbo petrol engine
With seven awards for four engines, BMW once again emerges as the most
successful brand from the “International Engine of the Year Awards 2007”, the
world’s most important engine competition.
For the third time in a row, the Awards jury – consisting of 62 high-ranking
international automobile journalists from 30 countries including Australia –
awarded the principal prize, the highly sought-after “International Engine of
the Year” to the Bavarian automobile manufacturer.
This year the trophy goes to the new BMW 3.0 litre Twin Turbo petrol engine,
now fitted in all body variations of the successful BMW 3 Series. The world’s
first in-line 6-cylinder engine with Twin Turbo technology also came out top in
two other categories, winning the “Best New Engine of the Year 2007” and the 2.5
– 3.0 litre capacity class.
In addition to the engine’s enormous pulling power, the jury was particularly
impressed by the high efficiency of the 225 kW power unit. With 9.5 litres per
100 kilometres in the BMW 335i Coupé, the average fuel consumption level based
on the EU norm is extremely moderate for this performance class. The Twin Turbo
achieves this mainly due to BMW High Precision Injection, the first jet-guided
direct injection system ever to be produced in high-volume production. It
enables a particularly precise metering of the air-fuel mixture.
Two awards were won by the V10 high-performance engine, which is to be found
under the bonnet of the BMW M5 and M6. The 507bhp power package with a capacity
of 5 litres received the award “Best Performance Engine of the Year” as in the
last two years, and also won in the engine class over 4.0 litres capacity. In
2005 and 2006 this exceptional engine won the “International Engine of the Year”
award itself. “The BMW V10 is still unsurpassed”, said jury member Jeroen
Jongeneel of “De Telegraaf”.
The 2.0 – 2.5 litre Award was won by the 2.5 litre 6-cylinder petrol engine
with VALVETRONIC which is used in the BMW Z4 Roadster 2.5si and X3 2.5si. With
its fully variable valve control – used for the first time in 2001 and since
established in millions of vehicles – the engine delivers 160 kW and founds the
BMW philosophy of efficient dynamics. “You can hear the 2.5-litre engine from a
long way off due to its exquisite sound”, says jury member Rogelio Rivera-Nava
from Mexico. “The in-line 6-cylinder construction provides the basis for the
technical purity of this most famous of all BMW engines. It is pleasure to drive
it.”
And this was not the end of the prize series for BMW Group. In the 1.4-1.8
litre category the trophy jointly went to BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën, the
developing partners of the 1.6 litre turbo engine. It powers the MINI Cooper S
with sporty 128 kW, as well as models of the developing partner in
brand-specific adaption. The newly created special features of this 4-cylinder
engine include the innovative Twin Scroll turbo technology and a fuel direct
injection.
Over the last nine years, BMW has won over 30 of the highly sought-after
“International Engine of the Year Award” trophies. This is impressive evidence
of the BMW’s market leadership in the field of engine construction.
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