Engine of the Year Award 2009: BMW scores three awards with Four, Six and Eight Cylinders
With the risk of coming out as a brag, I have no choice but to say how proud I am that BMW has once again proved why it's one of the top automobile brands in the world and probably the top engine manufacturer. The International Engine of the Year Awards feature 11 Awards categories and BMW was awarded three of them: 1.6 liter four-cylinder twin-scroll turbocharged engine in the MINI Cooper S , 3.0 liter straight-six TwinTurbo and 4.0 liter V8 . Once again, congratulations BMW and we look forward to the new three cylinder and six cylinder twin-scroll engines, and last but not least, the quad-turbo engine that we've been hearing about. Scoring outstanding wins in the three categories of the International Engine of the Year Award, the BMW Group once again highlights its top position this year as a manufacturer of particularly powerful and, at the same time, efficient engines. In the world's most significant engine contest, the V8 power unit featured in the BMW M3 , the stra...