BMW 5-Liter V10 Wins International Engine of the Year

[Kowalski]

BMW 5.0 V10. The best engine of the year.



STUTTGART, Germany — BMW's 5-liter V10 has today been crowned the best engine in the world for the second year in a row at the International Engine of the Year Awards 2006 held at Engine Expo here.

The Bavarian carmaker, which also won awards for the Z4 M 3.2-liter and twin-turbodiesel 3.0-liter, walked away from the eighth annual International Engine of the Year Awards with a total of five awards. The V10 also won the Best Performance Engine and Best Above 4.0-liter categories.

The V10 held off challenges from the likes of Volkswagen's new 1.4-liter TSI and the previous International Engine of the Year title holder, Toyota's 1.5-liter Hybrid Synergy Drive Prius, which in 2006 also won the Best 1.4-liter to 1.8-liter and the Best Fuel Economy categories.

Subaru won its first ever International Engine of the Year Awards trophy with its new 2.5-liter turbo that powers the Impreza, topping the 2-liter to 2.5-liter category. VW picked up awards for its 2-liter FSI Turbo, found in the Golf GTi, and for the 1.4-liter TSI, which won both the 1.0-liter to 1.4-liter class and the Best New Engine 2006.

Edmunds.com's Chief Road Test Editor Chris Walton was one of the judges on the panel for the competition sponsored by UKIP Media & Events Automotive Magazines.

A list of the winners:

Best New Engine 2006

Volkswagen 1.4-liter TSI Twincharger (Golf)

Best Fuel Economy

Toyota 1.5-liter Hybrid Synergy Drive (Prius)

Best Performance Engine

BMW 5-liter V10 (M5, M6)

Sub 1-liter

Honda 1-liter IMA (Insight)

1-liter to 1.4-liter

Volkswagen 1.4-liter TSI Twincharger (Golf)

1.4-liter to 1.8-liter

Toyota 1.5-liter Hybrid Synergy Drive (Prius)

1.8-liter to 2-liter

Volkswagen 2-liter Turbo (Golf, Audi A3, A6, SEAT Leon, Skoda Octavia)

2-liter to 2.5-liter

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

2.5-liter to 3-liter

BMW 3-liter Twin-Turbo Diesel (535d)

3-liter to 4-liter

BMW 3.2-liter (M3, Z4 M)

Above 4-liter

BMW 5-liter V10 (M5, M6)

International Engine of the Year 2006

BMW 5-liter V10 (M5, M6)

What this means to you: It's truly what lies beneath that matters.

[SuperSS27]

PFFT, that motor would get smoked by a LS7...but whatever.

[mgescuro]

Didn''t Saab's 2.8L Twin scroll Turbo win one of those awards too?

[Kowalski]

That was expected. Another fine example of masterful engineering from BMW.

The new BMW M5 is excellent as it gets and so the new M6.

Big Kudos to BMW M division.