http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyea.../bestperf.html


<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width=500 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=eotyheader04light bgColor=#fffdee height=20>Results</TD></TR><TR><TD class=eotybody04 bgColor=#c9d5b7> </TD><TD width=2 bgColor=#fffdee> </TD><TD bgColor=#fffdee><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#c9d5b7><TD> </TD><TD class=quote1>points</TD></TR><TR><TD class=results>1. Porsche 3.6-litre Turbo (911 Turbo, GT2) </TD><TD class=quote1>137</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=results>2. BMW 5-litre V10 (M5, M6)</TD><TD class=quote1>134</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=results>3. BMW 4-litre V8 (M3)</TD><TD class=quote1>133</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=results>4. Ferrari 6-litre V12 (599 GTB)</TD><TD class=quote1>125</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=results>5. Nissan 3.8-litre Twin Turbo (GT-R)</TD><TD class=quote1>124</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=results>6. Audi 5-litre V10 (RS6)</TD><TD class=quote1>108</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

Better engine, better durability (and the GT-R hasnt been out for 6 months yet) hahahah.

Faster acclerating. Better ride quality.

I'd say the TT is doing just fine. And when the PDK and DI hits, it'll be a quick and painful death for the GT-R. Nissan took 5 years to come up short, and they'll get even shorter.

 

I am sure BMW M is a little ashamed by the fact that they replaced a 6-time Category winning engine (S54) with the 4.0L V8 derivative of the M5's V10.

3rd place sounds about right for that engine. That's what you get for putting profits ahead of supremacy.

 

The V8 is a much better engine then the S54 ever was and ever will be.

 

Please define better.

Can you please give me an example a car between 2001 and 2006 that had a better engine than the E46 M was given?

Don't bring the small displacement S2000 into it. It's great but not in the same class.

From Wikipedia:

The S54 won the International Engine of the Year award overall for 2001, and also claimed the "Best New Engine" that year as well as won the 3-4 L category for six straight years in a row from 2001 through 2006 - so far. The S54 was also on the Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 2002 through 2004.


>>>>>>>>>>


That's the longest category reign of any engine - ever. The S2000 got a category award 4 years in a row.


The new M3 engine is fantastic. Superb rev band, great flat torque band, plays chess with Kasparov while knocking out the Nordschleife - but to say it is as groundbreaking as the S54 was... I can't see anybody winning this argument. The GT3 stole that thunder a good year earlier.



http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyea...8/bestnew.html


It couldn't beat it's own kin!



Lighter. More powerful. But more revolutionary? - no.


Cheers,

Zubin.

 

The flat 6 porsche motor is a masterpiece, that is where it belongs in #1

 

Can't believe the H6 turbo beat out the V10 high revver from BMW...great work Porsche!

 

Regardless, nothing attracts the top kittens like a GTR.....

 

Sweet mother, I just puked up my dinner...

 

 

"While 420bhp sounds like plenty of power for a 911 Turbo, Stuttgart specialists have upped the power of the 3,600cc to ensure a massive 530 horses are on tap for pilots of the GT2." -from article

Don't they mean 480 hp for the Turbo??

 

yayy

 

Let's see that again!! Ay yay yay!!! Lord have mercy!!

 

To borrow a phrase, "there are things in life that you cannot un-see". Sigh.