Engine of the Year 2011: two cylinders

Do the best engine this year, two cylinders, and volume - all 875 blocks. What's surprising, then, all addicted to the environment and reducing emissions. Turbomotorchik TwinAir group Fiat, winner of the "Engine of the Year 2011" is under the hood of the retro baby Fiat 500. It develops only 85 liters. with. at 5500 rpm. and torque - 150 Nm at 2000 rpm. CO2 emissions are just 95 g / km. Jury - journalists from 38 countries - gave fiatovskomu motor 352 points. Further, by a wide margin are electric powerplant Nissan Leaf (second place), that in general it is not surprising, and bronze, a Ford turbo 1.6 (third place). Fiatovskaya deuce, moreover, has become the most "green" engine this year. Second place in the environmental category belongs toyotovskogo hybrid setup hatchback Prius. Third place in electric drive Nissan Leaf. Fiatovsky TwinAir won first place in the category of "up to one liter. Behind it housed three-cylinder motors company Toyota (Toyota Aygo, IQ, Peugeot 107, Citroen C1, Subaru Justy, Daihatsu Sirion) and the Hyundai Kia (Hyundai i10, Kia Picanto). Previous Engine of the Year ", fiatovsky turbo 1,4 MultiAir (Alfa Romeo MiTo, Fiat Bravo, Lancia Delta) took only third place in the category of engines in volume from liters to 1.4. In the first place in this category finalist in 2006, folksvagenovsky TSI 1,4 combined supercharging. In third place is also the engine VW, but the volume of 1,2 liter. In the category "from 1,4 to 1,8 liters" since 2007 was in the lead supercharged four-cylinder powerplant 1.6, developed jointly by BMW and Peugeot Citroen. But the Bavarians have introduced their own version of the engine, which is installed, for example, Mini Cooper S and Clubman Cooper S. In second place Italian motor DI turbo 1,75. Alfa Romeo DI turbo 1750 (Alfa Romeo 159, Giulietta, Lancia Delta). And the third - toyotovskogo hybrid propulsion system 1,8 (Prius, Auris Hybrid). In the category "from 1,8 to 2,0 l won the Bavarian four diesel 2,0 (BMW 123d, X1). Second and third place was taken by two-liter version turbochetverki from Ingolstadt (Audi S3, A4, A5, TTS, Q5, Seat Alhambra, Exeo, VW Golf, Jetta, Passat, Scirocco, Tiguan, Skoda Octavia vRS). In the nomination "from two to two and a half won the row turbopyaterka Audi, which is installed on superfast Audi TT RS and RS3. Then come mersedesovsky 2.1 liter turbodiesel in volume (C-Class, E-Class, GLK) and subarovsky supercharged boxer 2,5 (Forester, Impreza, Legacy). Category "from 2,5 to 3,0 liters - traditional" Bavarian ". This year, took first place three-liter gasoline engine, which, in particular, is under the hood of a-Series M Coupe, Z4, 640i, 740i. Second place - for the same amount of diesel (335d, 535d, 740d, X5 40d). And at the third position - the boxer 2.9 sports car Porsche Cayman and Boxster. The first line of the nomination of "three to four" again for the BMW: four-liter V-shape Eight more than one year is kept on the second line. Following are motors 3.8: porshevsky (Porsche GT3, GT3 RS) and maklarenovsky (McLaren MP4-12C). Best in the category for more than four liters this year recognized motor V8 Supercar Ferrari 458 Italia. Second place went to the unit 6,2, which stands on the AMG-version of Mercedes-Benz. In third place Bavarian turbo 4.4-liter volume (BMW 550i, 650i, 750i, X5, X6). In addition, the motor "Italy" was the best motor sports this year. Let's hope that this nomination neekologichnuyu not undo the next year.