Borrowed from the experts:Engine of the year

Volkswagen has snapped up the International Engine of the Year award again this year. This is the second year in a row that their new 1.4 liter TSI Twincharger engine has won the annual engine award scoring 384 points ahead of BMW’s 3.0 liter twin turbo direct injection engine with 365 points and the normally aspirated 6.2 liter AMG V8 engine trailing with 258 points.

International Engine Of The Year

In its highest state of tune, Volkswagen’s twincharged 1.4 liter TSI engine is able to produce 178 horsepower (180 PS) thanks to a combination of forced induction using both a supercharger and a turbocharger.

In its ranking based on the most collected points will be:

1.Volkswagen 1.4 liter turbo charger(VW Golf,Scirocco)

2.BMW 3 liter

3.Mercedes AMG 6.2l

4.BMW Disel 2 l

5.BMW M4 Liter V8

6.Audi 2.5 l

7.BMW 1.6 l

8.Toyota 1l

Best New Engine

The best new engine award goes to another turbocharged 1.4 liter engine – this formula seems to hit the sweet spot with the judges. Fiat’s 1.4 MultiAir turbo uses an electrohydraulic system to independently and infinitely control each cylinder’s inlet air charge. There are five modes of inlet valve timing and lift which are selected according to driving style.

Best Performance Engine

The winner for this category is AMG’s 6.2 liter normally aspirated V8 found in their “63″ cars, which also won this award in 2009. In case you were wondering, Nissan’s 3.8 liter twin turbo from the GT-R comes in at 5th place. This may be the last year the AMG engine will be in this competition though as it is likely to be replaced across the range by a new 5.5 liter turbocharged V8.

Under 1.0 liter Engine

For the smallest engine category, Toyota’s 1.0 liter motor weighing just 67kg found in their Japanese-French Aygo, the iQ, the 1.0 liter Yaris, and the Subaru Justy takes home the honours. This engine has won for the fourth consecutive year!

1.0 liter to 1.4 liter Engine

The twincharged engine that won the overall award naturally takes the top honours in this category, and it is followed by Fiat’s “best new engine” in second place and the single force inducted version of VW’s 1.4 liter TSI in third place. A smaller 1.2 liter turbocharged Volkswagen engine is in fourth place.

1.4 liter to 1.8 liter Engine

This category’s winner is none other than the 1.6 liter BMW-PSA Prince engine found in the MINI as well as most Peugeot vehicles. For a long time this engine was only accessible to Malaysians in expensive MINIs but Naza has managed to make an award winning engine affordable to the masses in the form of the very attractively priced Peugeot 308 and subsequently its recently launched 3008 crossover sibling.

1.8 liter to 2.0 liter Engine

This category’s winner is an oil burner – a twin turbocharged inline-4 to be exact, from BMW stables. The engine makes 204 horsepower thanks to its two turbochargers, each of a different size taking care of different engine speeds. This twin-turbo 4-potter diesel beat competitors such as Mitsubishi’s Evo X turbo engine, Audi’s 2.0 liter TFSI and the Civic Type R’s high-revving screamer.

2.0 liter to 2.5 liter Engine

The winner of this category is only found in one car – the Audi TT RS. This engine is a 5-potter, which is a relatively unusual configuration in modern days as car companies usually jump to a V6 when going up from an inline-4, likely because of packaging reasons. Judges described the engine as having it all – torque, power and a beautiful sound. While turbocharged 4-potters might be impressive in the torque and power department, a four cylinder will always be a four cylinder.

2.5 liter to 3.0 liter Engine

BMW’s 3.0 liter twin turbocharged engine wins again in this category, and second in place is another twin turbo BMW 3.0 liter engine, except burning diesel instead of petrol. In third place is Audi’s new 3.0 liter supercharged V6, which is a rather curious engine as it was announced very recently in a time when most are switching to turbos instead, including Mercedes-Benz which recently abandoned the Kompressor for the new CGI tech.

3.0 liter to 4.0 liter Engine

The 4.0 liter V8 with individual throttle butterflies that wins in this category is sadly only available in the E90/E92/E93 M3, as there is currently no Z4 M to use it. If you don’t count BMW, it’s also available in a few Wiesmann cars. It’s an amazing engine, one of the rare cross-plane high revving V8s around, and its lighter and shorter than the 6-potter in the E46 M3!