BMW Group Emerges Successful At 2012 International Engine of the Year Awards

In 2012, yet again, engines created for BMW and MINI models dominated a large number of displacement categories at the International Engine of the Year Awards emerging victorious in no fewer than four out of eight displacement categories. The quartet of trophy-winners comprised two four-cylinder engines, a straight-six and an eight-cylinder. Scooping up best-in-class wins were the 1.6-litre turbo unit of the MINI John Cooper S, the four-cylinder engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology that drives the new BMW 328i, among others, the straight-six with M TwinPower Turbo of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe, and the V8 under the bonnet of the BMW M3.

This year’s winners were selected by an international panel of judges made up of 76 motoring journalists from 36 countries. The Engine of the Year Awards were presented against the backdrop of the Engine Expo trade fair in Stuttgart.

With these latest accolades, the BMW Group continues its winning streak in the world’s foremost engine competition. Thanks to the Group’s development expertise in this area, it has managed to notch up more than 50 class and overall wins at the International Engine of the Year Awards since 1999.