Ford wins engine of the year for the 2nd time in a row

Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » June 5th, 2013, 10:56 am

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/05/ford ... #continued

For the second year in a row, Ford has taken top honors in International Engine of the Year voting. As was the case last year, it is Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine that earns the automaker the accolade, achieving the highest-ever accumulated score in the 15 years that the award has been handed out.

A panel of 87 automotive journalists from 35 countries are responsible for choosing the world's best engines, and this is only the third time an automaker has managed back-to-back victories. Voters were impressed by the "Baby EcoBoost" engine's power output – 123 horsepower between 1,400 and 4,500 rpm, 148 pound-feet of torque from 1,400 to 4,000 rpm – and its compact size; Ford has demonstrated that the package is small enough to fit in the overhead bin of a passenger airplane.

Currently, the 1.0-liter EcoBoost is offered in the European Fiesta, B-MAX, Focus, C-MAX and Grand C-MAX, and Ford plans to put the engine in the Transit Connect, Transit Courier, Tourneo Connect, Tourneo Courier, Mondeo and EcoSport in short order. In North America, the Fiesta will be the first vehicle to offer the 1.0L EcoBoost later this year.

Perhaps it's not surprising to hear that Ford is increasing production of the little engine that could at its factory in Cologne, Germany to meet demand. Feel free to click on the above right infographic to enlarge, and scroll down for the complete press release from Ford.

UPDATE: Other category winners listed below.

New Engine
Ford three-cylinder turbo (Focus)

Green Engine
General Motors 1.4-liter range extender (Chevrolet Volt, Opel Ampera)

Performance Engine
Ferrari 4.5-liter V8 (458 Italia)

Sub 1.0-Liter
Ford three-cylinder turbo (Focus)

1.0-Liter to 1.4-Liter
Volkswagen 1.4-liter TSI Twincharger (Polo, Beetle, Golf, etc.)

1.4-Liter to 1.8-Liter
BMW-PSA 1.6-liter turbo gasoline (Mini Cooper S, Peugeot 207, etc.)

1.8-Liter to 2.0-Liter
BMW 2.0-liter twin-turbo four gasoline (125i, 320i, Z4 20i, etc.)

2.0-Liter to 2.5-Liter
Audi 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbo (TT RS, RS3 Sportback)

2.5-Liter to 3.0-Liter
BMW 3.0-liter bi-turbo six-cylinder (1 Series M Coupe, 335is, Z4 35is)

3.0-Liter to 4.0-Liter
BMW M 4.0-liter V8 (BMW M3)

Above 4.0-Liter
Ferrari 4.5-liter V8 (458 Italia)

3stagevtec · Postby **3stagevtec** » June 5th, 2013, 12:22 pm

No Japs in the list! wow...

Postby **Team Loco** » June 5th, 2013, 12:27 pm

nice. the engine block is so smaill, it can fit in your carry on luggage

Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » June 5th, 2013, 12:44 pm

3stagevtec wrote:No Japs in the list! wow...

I was hoping Toyota 1.8 engine would be there but alas! :lol:

noshownogo · Postby **noshownogo** » June 5th, 2013, 1:18 pm

Almost everything boosted in that list

sliderz1 · Postby **sliderz1** » June 5th, 2013, 1:32 pm

what criteria?

Rooki3 · Postby **Rooki3** » June 5th, 2013, 1:43 pm

how am i to take this list serious when sr20 & 2jz not there?

WOFT

ek4ever · Postby **ek4ever** » June 5th, 2013, 1:44 pm

noshownogo wrote:8-) Almost everything boosted in that list

Yup ..... no boost=no award

Let's see 123hp from 1.0L NA ..... F20C does it

javishm · Postby **javishm** » June 5th, 2013, 2:34 pm

I thought this was Fix Or Repair Daily

Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » June 5th, 2013, 2:35 pm

sliderz1 wrote:what criteria?

http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/rules.php

"Scoring

In every category, the panelists judged each shortlisted engine using their subjective driving impressions and technical knowledge, taking into account characteristics such as fuel economy, smoothness, performance, noise and driveability. The jurors each had 25 points to award to their five favourite engines in each category. A maximum of 15 points could be allocated to an engine, and the minimum was 1 point. Engines could not be tied for the top spot.

All performance and fuel economy figures referenced in this journal are manufacturers’ data and are based on EU Cycles (except where indicated).

Only the results of the top six engines in each category have been listed. Full results are available upon request by dean.slavnich@ukipme.com"

Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » June 5th, 2013, 2:40 pm

ek4ever wrote:
noshownogo wrote:8-) Almost everything boosted in that list

Yup ..... no boost=no award

Let's see 123hp from 1.0L NA ..... F20C does it

I suspect torque has a big part to play as well. Torque figures are not that great for the F20C.

FullStop · Postby **FullStop** » June 5th, 2013, 2:40 pm

boost is more efficient than NA sooo...as much as the f20c can do that with two litres, chances are it cant produce 123 with a 1 litre variant, not NA anyways.
Aside from mazda's skyactive, nobody really showed any substantial improvements in NA engine design this year, so I can see why all the engines on the list were boosted.

Rory Phoulorie · Postby **Rory Phoulorie** » June 5th, 2013, 7:32 pm

ghostbusters wrote:. . .Aside from mazda's skyactive, nobody really showed any substantial improvements in NA engine design this year, so I can see why all the engines on the list were boosted.

All the engines on the list did not have forced induction. Ferrari's engine is all motor.

bushwakka · Postby **bushwakka** » June 5th, 2013, 8:49 pm

Love that. That engine coming in any locally sold cars?

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Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » June 5th, 2013, 9:02 pm

D only engines on that list sold here is the 1.4 twincharger I believe as well as the BMW 2.0 turbo and maybe the 1.6 turbo in the 1 series/mini cooper. Not 100% sure about the BMW options though

madman_devin · Postby **madman_devin** » June 5th, 2013, 9:12 pm

BMW ftw

Postby **pete** » June 7th, 2013, 3:18 am

ghostbusters wrote:boost is more efficient than NA sooo...as much as the f20c can do that with two litres, chances are it cant produce 123 with a 1 litre variant, not NA anyways.
Aside from mazda's skyactive, nobody really showed any substantial improvements in NA engine design this year, so I can see why all the engines on the list were boosted.

Honda makes a 1l engine that makes 178 hp na. It would not be practical for a car though. Problem is the torque is too low.

sliderz1 · Postby **sliderz1** » June 7th, 2013, 8:26 am

rev limit?

Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » June 7th, 2013, 8:46 am

sliderz1 wrote:rev limit?

Probably ~ 12000 rpm. It's a bike engine most likely.

Edit:
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/ ... vs-ZX-10R/

sliderz1 · Postby **sliderz1** » June 7th, 2013, 9:14 am

then it still has more torque than the Suzuki 660 turbo....most of us should know about the 660 era.
put in an econobox car, make hell of a mean sound

ek4ever · Postby **ek4ever** » June 7th, 2013, 1:19 pm

Allergic2BunnyEars wrote:
sliderz1 wrote:rev limit?

Probably ~ 12000 rpm. It's a bike engine most likely.

Edit:
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/ ... vs-ZX-10R/

Yep .. it's from the 2012 Fireblade