| | You know what makes me happy? Finding out that Audi/VW's 2.0L TFSI engine has won it's third straight International Engine of the Year award for the 1.8-2.0L class. It beat out the new Evo X engine as well as the aging 4-bangers in the Civic Type R and S2K.
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points |
| 1. Volkswagen/Audi 2-litre Turbo FSI (A3,
A4 Cabrio, A6, TT, Eos, Jetta, Golf GTi, Škoda Octavia, Seat
Altea, Leon) |
256 |
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| 2. BMW Diesel 2-litre Twin Turbo (123d) |
254 |
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| 3. Subaru Diesel 2-litre flat four Turbo (Outback) |
196 |
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| 4. Mitsubishi 2-litre four-cylinder Turbo
(Evo X) |
105 |
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| 5. Honda 2-litre four-cylinder i-VTEC (Civic
Type R) |
97 |
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| 6. Honda 2-litre four-cylinder (S2000 (Europe/Asia)) |
67 | |
The big winner was BMW with their 3.0L Twin Turbo found in the 335 and 135.
Edmunds's Insideline incorrectly claimed the BMW dominated the competition, trumping the Porsche 3.6L found in the 911 Turbo (link). Well of course it did, because that 911 Turbo engine wasn't even nominated in the top 8 for Engine of the Year (see below). But look at how well the 2.0 TFSI engine did, as well as it's brethren the 1.4 TSI:
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points |
| 1. BMW 3-litre Twin Turbo (135, 335, X6) |
380 |
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| 2. Volkswagen 1.4-litre TSI Twincharger (VW
Golf, Touran,
Tiguan, Jetta) |
287 |
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| 3. Volkswagen/Audi 2-litre 4-cylinder Turbo
FSI (A3, A4 Cabrio, A6, TT, Eos, Jetta, Skoda Octavia, Seat
Altea, León, Golf GTi) |
270 |
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| 4. BMW 4-litre V8 (M3) |
241 |
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| 5. BMW 5-litre V10 (M5, M6) |
151 |
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| 6. BMW-PSA 1.6-litre Turbo (MINI Cooper S,
Clubman,
Peugeot 207, 308) |
149 |
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| 7. Subaru 2.5-litre flat four Turbo (Forester,
Impreza,
Outback, Legacy) |
78 |
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| 8. Toyota 1-litre 3-cylinder (Aygo,Yaris/Echo/Vitz,
Citroën C1,
Peugeot 107, Subaru Justy) |
69 | |
Isn't that amazing that VW's 2.0 and 1.4 litre engines beat the new M3 V8 and the M5 V10?? Truth in engineering, I'd like to say. 
You can view all the results straight from the source: http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/categories.html
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