The 2013 edition of the prestigious International Engine of the Year awards have been handed out. Here are all the details. For the second consecutive year is Ford’s 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine. Moreover, the turbocharged three-cylinders engine achieved the highest score in the awards 15-year history.
The turbocharged, direct-injection three-cylinder is fitted in a wide range of Ford models, including the Mondeo, Fiesta, Focus, C-MAX and the Transit and Tourneo lineup. Ford plans to double production of the 1.0-litre Ecoboost in Cologne, Germany, to more than 1 000 units a day from mid-August.
“With a technology as mature as the internal combustion engine, it’s very rare to achieve a true breakthrough, but that is exactly what the team accomplished with this engine,” said Joe Bakaj, Ford vice president, Global Powertrain.
2013 also sees Ferrari taking a couple of International Engine of the Year Awards. For the third time in a row its engines have won high-performance awards courtesy of the naturally-aspirated 6.2-litre V12 in the F12berlinetta, and 4.5-litre V8 in the Ferrari 458, which also won in the 2011 and 2012.
“Winning both these categories for the third year running is a fantastic result for everyone at Ferrari. It is testimony to the efforts of a relatively small group of engineers who constantly strive to achieve ambitious technical objectives.” said Jean Jacques His, head of Ferrari’s powertrain department.
Other segment winners in 2013 include: the VW Group’s 1.4-litre TSI engine in the 1.0 to 1.4-litre segment; BMW and PSA Group’s 1.6-litre turbo petrol in the 1.4 to 1.8-litre category; BMW’s 2.0L TwinPowerTurbo in the 1.8-litre to 2.0-litre section and finally Audi’s 2.5-litre TFSI five-cylinder, which once again, took first place in the 2.0-litre to 2.5-litre class.
New entries for 2013 include Fiat’s 0.8-litre two-cylinder turbocharged CNG unit that won the Green Engine of the Year Award. In the 2.5-litre to 3.0-litre class, the Porsche Cayman and Boxster’s 2.7-litre flat six to the honours. In the 3.0-litre to 4.0-litre category the McLaren MP4′s 3.8-litre V8 was victorious.
