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BMW wins four 2015 Engine of the Year Awards, including overall winner
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com Dear guys, the Engine Technology International has announced the winners of Engine of the Year awards 2015. BMW has won 4 times, including the most prestigious "International Engine of the Year" award Following winners were announced: International Engine of the Year: BMW 1.5-litre three-cylinder electric-gasoline hybrid - BMW i8 Sub 1-Litre: Ford 999cc three-cylinder turbo - Ford Fiesta etc. 1-Litre to 1.4-Litre: PSA Peugeot Citroen 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbo - Peugeot 208 etc. 1.4-Litre to 1.8-Litre: BMW 1.5-litre three-cylinder electric-gasoline hybrid - BMW i8 1.8-Litre to 2-Litre: Mercedes-AMG 2-litre turbo - Mercedes-AMG A45, CLA45 2-Litre to 2.5-Litre: Audi 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbo - Audi RS3 (MY 2016) 2.5-Litre to 3-Litre: BMW M 3-litre twin-turbo six-cylinder - BMW M3 & M4 3-Litre to 4-Litre: McLaren 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 - McLaren 675LT Above 4-Litre: Ferrari 4.5-litre V8 - Ferrari 458 Speciale Green Engine: Tesla full-electric powertrain - Tesla Model S New Engine: BMW 1.5-litre three-cylinder electric-gasoline hybrid - BMW i8 Performance Engine: Ferrari 4.5-litre V8 - Ferrari 458 Speciale BMW 1.5-litre three-cylinder electric-gasoline hybrid from the i8 has won three times overall. ❝This is a fitting victory for what is a remarkable powertrain. The i8 is a supercar of the future that’s available today. Progressive, emotive and environmentally responsible, here is a creation that proves the transport of tomorrow can be very, very exciting❞ - Dean Slavnich, co-chairman, International Engine of the Year Awards What do you think about the results? It really makes me happy that the new M3/M4 engine has scored this well despite all the critics from many journalists and reviewers around the world. ❝Some people bemoaned the loss of natural aspiration, but experiencing the 550Nm wave of torque that this new-generation BMW M engine serves up ends all the arguments❞ - Nicol Louw, Car South Africa For full details and second & third places, please visit their website: http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/ Special Issue: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/...a3#/64507aa3/1 BMW Press Release BMW Press Release: Munich / Stuttgart. Four wins in the latest International Engine of the Year Awards plainly demonstrate the BMW Group’s engine-building prowess. The drive unit in the BMW i8 earned two class wins as well as being declared overall winner, with a further class win being garnered by the engine of the BMW M3 and BMW M4. The BMW i8 unit was voted class winner for its BMW TwinPower Turbo three-cylinder petrol engine, while the overall drive unit of the BMW i8 claimed a further class win as the best “new engine”. Its combination of electric motor and petrol engine also earned it overall victory. In the 2.5 to 3.0-litre displacement category, the M TwinPower Turbo six-cylinder in-line petrol engine of the BMW M3 and BMW M4 came out on top. This fourfold success for the BMW Group at the International Engine of the Year Awards 2015 furnishes further evidence of the performance potential of the Efficient Dynamics technology package, which since 2007 has enabled a continuous enhancement of driving pleasure while at the same time cutting fuel consumption and emissions. The International Engine of the Year Awards were launched in 1999, since when 66 class and overall wins have gone to engines developed for BMW models. Each year an expert panel of judges, this time comprising 65 motoring journalists from 31 countries, selects the best engines in numerous categories. The prize-winners were presented with their awards on Wednesday, 17 June 2015, against the backdrop of the Engine Expo trade fair in Stuttgart. The three-cylinder combustion engine in the BMW i8 develops 170 kW/231 hp and drives the rear wheels, while the 96 kW/131 hp electric motor draws its energy from a lithium-ion battery, which can be charged from a conventional domestic power socket, and sends its power to the front axle. This bespoke plug-in hybrid system, developed and produced by the BMW Group, enables a range of up to 37 kilometres (23 miles) in the EU test cycle and a top speed of 120 km/h (75 mph) on electric power alone, coupled with a “glued-to-the-road” all-wheel driving experience headlined by powerful acceleration and a dynamically-biased distribution of power through keenly taken corners. The more powerful of the two sources drives the rear wheels and uses the electric boost from the hybrid system to deliver hallmark BMW driving pleasure while at the same time offering ground breaking levels of efficiency. The sprint from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) takes just 4.4 seconds, yet combined fuel consumption – as calculated in the EU test cycle for plug-in hybrid vehicles – stands at 2.1 litres per 100 kilometres (approx. 135 mpg imp) plus 11.9 kWh of electricity. This equates to CO2 emissions of 49 grams per kilometre. The M TwinPower Turbo six-in-line petrol engine in the BMW M3 and BMW M4 is exceptionally high-revving for a turbocharged engine, resulting in linear power delivery over a wide engine speed range and a unique engine note. M TwinPower Turbo technology ensures that peak torque is on tap over a broad rpm range. A further hallmark of this engine is its outstanding efficiency.
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Glad to see the S55 won an award. Following in the footsteps of the N55 and N54.
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Sweet!
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Big win!
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It was a close race, but the superior design, layout, and graphics of the plastic engine cover pushed it to the top. If only it had been made out of carbon fiber, it would have beat out the McLaren 3-4 Litre segment too, and saved 50lbs too
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It wasn't even a close contest, the S55 is ahead by almost 50 points to the 2nd place engine
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The conspiracy theorist in me says BMW didn't bump up displacement of the S55, because it would never compete in the 3-4L category. McLaren has had that category on lock down, but the new 488 powerplant will give it some competition.
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tides are changing for the f8x
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I remember reading a BMW engineer stating that .5L/cyl was the most efficient displacement for their program.
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I guess that explains why they didn't bump the S65 displacement higher than 4.0 liters too...
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I know that would happen; every time I drop the hammer, my S55 screams
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Rotary engines fire once per revolution, per cylinder, which makes them very hard to compare to 4-stroke engines when you're talking specific output. If you're talking about effective displacement (combustion per rotation), you'd have to double the displacement of the rotary to 2.6L. That's only for the sake of comparing specific output though.
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