BMW’s V10 named best engine for second year

BMW’s 5.0-liter V10 engine was crowned the “International Engine of the Year” at the Engine Expo in Stuttgart, Germany for the second year in a row. The engine is used in both the BMW M5 and M6, offering an impressive 500 horsepower. In total, BMW walked away with five awards, with honors going to the Z4 M’s 3.2 liter inline-six engine (from the BMW M3) and the automaker’s turbodiesel 3.0-liter.


International Engine of the Year:
BMW 5.0-liter V10 (BMW M5/M6)



Best New Engine:
Volkswagen 1.4-liter TSI Twincharger (Volkswagen Golf)



Best Fuel Economy:
Toyota 1.5-liter Hybrid (Toyota Prius)



Best Performance Engine:
BMW V10 (BMW M5/M6)



Sub 1.0-liter:
Honda 1-liter IMA (Honda Insight)



1-liter to 1.4-liter:
Volkswagen 1.4-liter TSI (Volkswagen Golf)



1.4-liter to 1.8-liter:
Toyota 1.5-liter Hybrid (Toyota Prius)



1.8-liter to 2.0-liter:
Volkswagen 2.0-liter Turbo (Volkswagen Golf, Audi A3, Audi A6)



2-liter to 2.5-liter:
Subaru 2.5-liter Turbo (Subaru Impreza, Subaru Forester, Saab 9-2X)


2.5-liter to 3.0-liter:
BMW 3.0-liter Twinturbo Diesel (BMW 535d)


3.0-liter to 4.0-liter:
BMW 3.2-liter (BMW M3, BMW Z4 M)



Best Over 4.0-liter:
BMW 5.0-liter V10 (BMW M5/M6)

source : leftlanenews

 

BMW sure took alot of those titles

 

The awards were given out in Germany. Go figure...

 

If these awards were given by people with a slightest bit of common sense, M5 and especially M3 engines would be at the very bottom of the list, as they are worlds most unreliable engines.

If anything, Toyotas 3.5 V6 found in IS350 should've got some awards.

 

yup i agree they are well worth the award. the v10, that's a real beauty

 

I thought MB AMG 6.3 V8 should at least get one title, oh well

 

That BMW v10 makes some beautiful music, with the performance to go with it.

 

haha probably all areas it competes in the bmw v10 beat it? i am not surprised though, the 6.3l v8 is nice, but the 5l v10 with the kinda of rev capability and power? yummy

 

Too bad it wont last over 40k, heh

 

well, unless you have data to support it, not sure if gene will be happy

 

That v10 is one nice engine. All new M5 owners can drive their car at the test track and the ****** haul A$$.

 

What other car can powerslide on the way to victory over a Lamborghini Gallardo, Skyline, Porshe 911? Seen the vid? The M5 is insane

 

umm yeah i watched that, but the m5 didn't win, he was sliding coz' he knew the car couldn't hang with others and he was playing. he was complaining how heavy the car was and also the braking. on the last straight all other cars pulled on him, and the skyline won eventually i believe

 

While the M5/M6 have excellent brakeing power, they are using single piston calipers versus I believe 8 piston calipers up front and 4 in the back for AMG vehicles. Which I assume would lead to excessive brake fade on the bimmers in track conditions. I'm no expert in brake engineering so I could be way off base.