3 BMW Engines win International Engine of the Year Awards

aerodyte · 06-17-2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWPower06

u've got to be $h!tting me, after years of winning atleast 5 of the awards, this is by far BMWs worst showing in recent years and you can thank all the turbo charging they are doing now.

The mercedes 6.2L beating out the M V10 is just stupid

Get used to it. Even Ferrari is going turbo

kred · 06-17-2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MMMorish

That's awesome.

Not that I want to start any more M3 vs debates, but did anyone look at which engine won the award for over 4 litres?

1. Mercedes-AMG 6.2-litre (CLK, S, SL, CL, CLS, ML) 162

2. BMW 5-litre V10 (M5, M6) 133

3. Jaguar 5-litre V8 Supercharged (XF, XK) 120

4. BMW 4.4-litre DI Turbo (750i, X6) 114

5. Cadillac 6.2-litre V8 Supercharged (CTS-V) 70

6. Lexus Hybrid 5-litre V8 (LS600h) 62

rzm3 · 06-18-2009, 12:05 AM

the judges are clueless and the articles' writer is stupid

8250 redline? twin turbo on the S65? come on!

samuraisaiyo · 06-18-2009, 12:26 AM

ha ha ha So Good

mkoesel · 06-18-2009, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BMWPower06

u've got to be $h!tting me, after years of winning atleast 5 of the awards, this is by far BMWs worst showing in recent years and you can thank all the turbo charging they are doing now.

Well since the N54 is turbo charged and has been winning for years, and the 1.6L PSA I4 also won, and the S85 V10 is turbocharged and did not win, and all their only other turbocharged engine is behind the V10 - no, turbo charging has absolutely nothing to do with them not winning more awards.

stevenfaustin · 06-18-2009, 08:31 AM

the fact that bmw, an american car company (jk), has excelled in engineering a six cylinder engine consecutively for 2 years, badazzzzzzzzz

nioce!

BarbeRouge · 06-18-2009, 09:21 AM

Volkswagon won the Overall Engine of the Year

Aurora Bearialis · 06-18-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by kred

1. Mercedes-AMG 6.2-litre (CLK, S, SL, CL, CLS, ML) 162

2. BMW 5-litre V10 (M5, M6) 133

3. Jaguar 5-litre V8 Supercharged (XF, XK) 120

4. BMW 4.4-litre DI Turbo (750i, X6) 114

5. Cadillac 6.2-litre V8 Supercharged (CTS-V) 70

6. Lexus Hybrid 5-litre V8 (LS600h) 62

That AMG sounds niiiiiiiiiiice!

footie · 06-18-2009, 11:04 AM

I take all of these awards with a pinch of salt, reason being, look at who do the voting.

Would I personally rate the S65 a better engine than the latest Carrera 3.8L DI, no and for obvious reasons, no direct injection, weak torque, poor emissions and poor economy. But it is a brilliant engine, very linear, very responsive and quite musical. In my opinion only the most technically advanced engines should be nominated which would have ruled the M3 out of the running.

kyleb350 · 06-18-2009, 11:10 AM

I guess they don't take fuel pump reliability into consideration...

Pangearox · 06-18-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kyleb350

I guess they don't take fuel pump reliability into consideration...

+1!!!!

who cares how good the engine is if it wont start cause the fuel pump is a piece of crap!

d3l0n · 06-20-2009, 03:55 PM

As Expected

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