Two new awards for BMW at International Engine of the Year

The BMW Group extended its award portfolio with two new distinctions received at the International Engine of the Year Awards. More precisely, they got the award at the 1.6 liter engines category for their engine used on the Mini Cooper S. They also won the 2.0 liter award for their BMW TwinPower Turbo petrol engine.

Since the debut of the competition in 1999, BMW has always won at least one award each year. In the past 15 years the German automaker managed to win a grand total of 60 awards, becoming the most successful automaker in the history of the International Engine of the Year Awards.

It is the seventh consecutive year when the 1.6 liter, four cylinders, petrol engine which is used on the Mini models receives an award at the International Engine of the Year awards. The engine comes with a unique combination in its segment between the twin-scroll turbo system, with a turbine separately powered from every two cylinders, and the Valvetronic, which is the electronic control system of the opening level of the admission valves. The result is an engine with an excellent response at the lowest revs per minute. More precisely, it has an output of 240 Nm of torque between 1600 revs per minute and 5000 revs per minute.

The entire Mini range of models benefits from this 1.6 liter petrol unit, with excellent results in terms of dynamics and power consumption. More than that, the Mini Paceman and Mini Countryman are available along with the ALL4 all wheel drive system.

For the second consecutive year, the BMW 2.0 liter TwinPower Turbo petrol engine, with four cylinders, is awarded with the International Engine of the Year award for its category. The BMW Valvetronic system and the twin-scroll turbo-charging system is completed by the HPDI (High Precision Direct Injection) system for excellent response times at low rpm for better efficiency and sporty behavior.

The engine is available on a large range of models from the German automaker, being impressive thanks to the BMW specific combination of low power consumption and dynamic performance. The models available with the 2.0 liter petrol unit include the BMW X1 xDrive28i, the BMW X3 xDrive28i, the BMW Z4 sDrive28i, the BMW 528i and the BMW 328i.