Many of you are getting "Ward's 10 Best Engines" and "International Engine of the Year Awards" mixed up. They are
not the same awards.
The former (Ward's):
-Published in the US,
-Has
one list of 10 engines
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Base price capped at $60,000
-Limited to engines available to the
US market.
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The Wards 10 Best Engines competition pits the latest engines available in the U.S. market against the returning winners from the previous year. Four engines that won last year return for 2015: the Chevrolet V-8, Ford 3-cyl., Ram diesel and VW 4-cyl. All entries fall under a base vehicle price cap of $60,000.
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The latter (International Engine of the Year Awards):
-Published in the UK
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Does not have a price cap
-Includes
engines across different markets
-Decided by an international panel of judges
-Has
multiple awards for various categories (Best New Engine, Best Fuel Economy/Green Engine of the Year, Best Performance Engine, Sub 1-litre, 1-litre to 1.4-litre, 1.4-litre to 1.8-litre, 1.8-litre to 2-litre, 2-litre to 2.5-litre, 2.5-litre to 3-litre, 3-litre to 4-litre, Above 4-litre, and International Engine of the Year).
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2015 Ward's 10 Best Engines winners:
http://wardsauto.com/diesel-resource...images-1175431
The S54 from the E46 M3 made the list from 2002-2004. No M-cars since then have made the list. Various iterations of the N54/55 have made the list since then.
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2015 International Engine of the Year Awards recipients:
http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/index.php
The S54 won the "Best New Engine" category, and "International Engine of the Year" category in 2001 and also took 1st place in the 3-4L category from 2001-2006.
The S85 won "Best New Engine", "International Engine of the Year", and "Best Performance Engine" in 2005, while also taking 1st place in the above 4 liter category from 2005-2008.
The S65 took first place in the 3-4L category from 2008-2012.