Ford wins international engine of the year

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Ford has used a butter knife to slay the automotive big guns and score back-to-back engine of the year awards.

The blue oval's diminutive 1.0-litre EcoBoost three-cylinder has beaten the likes of Ferrari, McLaren, Porsche and BMW to become only the third powerplant to ever retain the crown.

The annual International Engine of the Year awards are voted on by over 120 of the world's leading motoring journalists and divided into 10 separate categories. But only one is crowned the outright winner.

The 92kW/170Nm EcoBoost three cylinder will arrive in Australia later this year, powering the facelifted Fiesta small car and the high-riding EcoSport baby SUV that shares the same underpinnings.
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Although Ford scooped the overall victory, the 1.0-litre EcoBoost was the only engine blue oval engine to make the list of finalists by taking out the smallest capacity segment.

Despite the influx of reports Fairfax Media has received this week from VW customers experiencing reliability issues, the Volkswagen Group 1.4-litre TSI four-cylinder won the 1.0-1.4-litre category.

BMW dominated the next two categories with the 1.6-litre four-cylinder it jointly developed with the Peugeot-Citroen group and its 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder while Audi's 2.5-litre five-cylinder from the TT RS took out the next gong for engines up to 2.5-litres.

From there, the big brands make their make with the Porsche winning the 3.0-litre award for the 2.7-litre flat six fitted to the Boxster/Cayman, McLaren taking out the 4.0-litre category for the 12C's 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 and Ferrari scoring back-to-back over 4.0-litre victories with the 6.3-litre V12 from the F12 berlinetta ousting the 458's 4.5-litre V8.

Fiat's two cylinder compressed natural gas engine won the green engine of the year prize.

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Good work Ford
World class.