BMW acquires the International Engine of the Year 2015 Award

Four victories in the hottest International Engine of the Year Awards simply validate the BMW Group’s engine-building ability. The drive component in the BMW i8 received two class victories as well as being acknowledged complete champion, with an extra class success being harvested by the dynamo of the BMW M3 and BMW M4.

 

The BMW i8 unit was designated class champion for its BMW TwinPower Turbo three-cylinder petrol engine, though the complete drive motor of the BMW i8 requested a more class triumph as the finest “new engine”. Its amalgamation of electronic mechanical and petrol engine also received it complete conquest. In the 2.5 to 3.0L displacement category, the M TwinPower Turbo six-cylinder in-line petrol unit of the BMW M3 and BMW M4 came out on topmost.

 

This fourfold accomplishment for the BMW Group at the International Engine of the Year Awards 2015 provides additional indication of the presentation prospective of the Well-organized Dynamics technology package that from 2007 has permitted an uninterrupted augmentation of driving preference although at the similar time cutting down fuel gobbling and productions.

 

The International Engine of the Year Awards was tossed in 1999, since then 66 class and general wins have gone to units advanced for BMW models. Every year a proficient panel of judges, this time encompassing 65 motoring reporters from 31 countries, chooses the finest engines in abundant categories. The prize-winners were offered with their awards on Wednesday, the 17th Of June 2015, in contradiction of the background of the Engine Expo trade fair settled Stuttgart.

 

The three-cylinder burning engine in the BMW i8 cultivates 170 kW/231 hp and energies the rear wheels, while the 96 kW/131 hp electronic unit lures its vigor from a lithium-ion battery that can be given charge from a conservative domestic power socket, and directs its power to the fore axle. This bespoke plug-in hybrid system, advanced and formed by the BMW Group, permits an array of up to 37 kilometres (23 miles) in the EU test cycle and a highest rapidity of 120 km/h (75 mph) on electronic power only, attached with a “glued-to-the-road” all-wheel driving knowledge presented by influential hastening and a dynamically-biased delivery of power through intensely taken angles. 

 

The M TwinPower Turbo six-in-line petrol unit in the BMW M3 and BMW M4 is remarkably high-revving for a turbocharged dynamo, resultant in rectilinear power distribution over a varied engine speed array and an exclusive engine note. M TwinPower Turbo technology guarantees that highest force is on tap over a broad rpm range. An additional stamp of this engine for its exceptional proficiency.