BMW once again wins "International Engine of the Year Award 2007" establishing its leading position with 7 awards for 4 engines.

Munich/ Stuttgart. With seven awards for four engines, BMW once again
emerges as the most successful brand from the "International
Engine of the Year Awards 2007", the world's most important engine
competition. For the third time in a row, the Awards jury - consisting
of 62 high-ranking international automobile journalists from 30
countries - awarded the principal prize, the highly sought-after
"International Engine of the Year" to the Bavarian automobile
manufacturer. This year the trophy goes to the new BMW 3.0 litre Twin
Turbo petrol engine, now fitted in all body variations of the
successful BMW 3 Series. The world's first in-line 6-cylinder engine
with Twin Turbo technology also came out top in two other categories,
winning the "Best New Engine of the Year 2007" and the 2.5 -
3.0 litre capacity class. In addition to the engine's enormous pulling
power, the jury was particularly impressed by the high efficiency of
the 225 kW/306 bhp power unit. With 9.5 litres per 100 kilometres in
the BMW 335i Coupé, the average fuel consumption level based on
the EU norm is extremely moderate for this performance class. The Twin
Turbo achieves this mainly due to BMW High Precision Injection, the
first jet-guided direct injection system ever to be produced in
high-volume production. It enables a particularly precise metering of
the air-fuel mixture. Two awards were won by the V10 high-performance
engine, which is to be found under the bonnet of the BMW M5 and M6. The
507bhp power package with a capacity of 5 litres received the award
"Best Performance Engine of the Year" as in the last two
years, and also won in the engine class over 4.0 litres capacity. In
2005 and 2006 this exceptional engine won the "International Engine
of the Year" award itself. "The BMW V10 is still
unsurpassed", said jury member Jeroen Jongeneel of "De
Telegraaf". The 2.0 - 2.5 litre Award was won by the 2.5 litre
6-cylinder petrol engine with VALVETRONIC which is used in the BMW Z4
Roadster 2.5si and X3 2.5si. With its fully variable valve control -
used for the first time in 2001 and since established in millions of
vehicles - the engine delivers 160 kW/ 218 bhp and founds the BMW
philosophy of efficient dynamics. "You can hear the 2.5-litre
engine from a long way off due to its exquisite sound", says jury
member Rogelio Rivera-Nava from Mexico. "The in-line 6-cylinder
construction provides the basis for the technical purity of this most
famous of all BMW engines. It is pleasure to drive it." And this
was not the end of the prize series for BMW Group. In the 1.4-1.8 litre
category the trophy jointly went to BMW Group and PSA Peugeot
Citroën, the developing partners of the 1.6 litre turbo engine. It
powers the MINI Cooper S with sporty 128 kW/175 bhp, as well as models
of the developing partner in brand-specific adaption. The newly created
special features of this 4-cylinder engine include the innovative Twin
Scroll turbo technology with fuel direct injection. Over the last nine
years, BMW has won over 30 of the highly sought-after
"International Engine of the Year Award" trophies. This is
impressive evidence of the BMW's market leadership in the field of
engine construction.