In a packed assortment of very fine engines sat Ford\u2019s little Ecoboost 1.0-litre engine.\u00a0 With just three cylinders, it was this tiny engine that was classed as being the best car engine in the world for 2012.\u00a0 It is the first time that Ford has won the \u2018International Engine of the Year\u2019 award; an award that has been running for 13 consecutive years.<\/p>\n
Ford\u2019s Ecoboost 1.0-litre engine was designed in Britain and also received awards for being the Best New Engine and the Best Engine under 1000cc.\u00a0 There were a number of factors that helped this engine achieve so well, however the engine\u2019s ability to power the Ford Focus car se easily is impressive.\u00a0 The engine\u2019s power, response and very good real-world fuel consumption figures were considered to be outstanding.<\/p>\n
Joe Bakaj, vice president of Ford Global Powertrain said, \u201cWe set the bar incredibly high when we started to design this engine.\u00a0 We wanted to deliver eye-popping fuel economy, surprising performance, quietness and refinement \u2013 and all from a very small, three-cylinder engine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Christopher Congrega from \u2018LAutomobile Magazine\u2019 also stated, \u201cWith good torque at the very low end, this high-tech three-cylinder turbo gives the driving performance of a small turbo diesel, but without noise and vibrations.\u201d<\/p>\n
BMW had featured many times as a winner of the \u2018Best New Engine\u2019 and the \u2018International Engine of the year\u2019.\u00a0 This is, perhaps, not really a surprise here, as the performance of the smooth BMW M5 and 3.0-litre Twin Turbo engines are phenomenal.\u00a0 However, very small engines with much less horses under the bonnet have won this coveted award before.\u00a0 Fiat has featured twice.\u00a0 In fact, last year the best new engine was the Fiat 875cc Twinair.\u00a0 This tiny engine also took out the award for the 2011 Green Engine of the Year.\u00a0 Volkswagen, Toyota, Mazda and Honda have also shared the takings for \u2018International Engine of the Year\u2019.<\/p>\n
For those one-eyed readers who only see to the redline, the Ferrari 458 boasted a 4.5-litre ,V8 engine that won the award for the 2012 \u2018Best Performance Engine\u2019.<\/p>\n