5 cylinder Mercedes-Benz diesel engine
Nope its a Toyota 22 r
LOL! I don’t usually have time to go to utube links, but this one was worth it!
It sure as hell isn’t the Dodge 4.7L V-8
dodge 225 slant 6
Datsun “L-series.” Damn near bullet-proof.
5 cylinder Mercedes-Benz diesel engine
I’ve owned a good many cars including 3&5 series BMWs. Looking at 6 cylinder engines, IMO Honda makes the best. The Honda/Acura V6s just rip all the way to the redline. BMW and Nissan would be my next choice, both have made great 6s over the years.
I always figured that a Rolls Royce Merlin shoe horned into my 1940 Buick Special would be just about the world’s best auto engine.
I’m very fond of the Subaru Boxer flat four. Smooth, well balanced for a four, low center of gravity, tough, well engineered, can make one heck of a lot more horsepower than factory tune when turbocharged, there are Boxer engines over 1000 hp out there. Nice, well mannered economical engine if you want it, racing engine if you want it.
Ford has great products. Alan Mulally coming from Boeing was a great hire.
I’ve had some good Fords. The best was my 1988 Crown Victoria. The 5.0L engine got 30 MPG and was still going strong at 257,000 miles when I sold it.
It was a sweet ride, like floating down the freeway on my living room sofa. I never had to slow down for speed humps—it barely noticed them. It was white and resembled a DPS vehicle so people slowed down when they saw me, LOL!
...and the Overhead Cam lives on today in a big way!
Does no one realize this is a Ford commercial?
2.2 liter in line 4, 240 HP, 8K Redline.
Preliminary results of the autopsy conducted on Madera South High School student Graciela Martinez show that the 14-year-old freshman died of heat stroke, Madera police said Friday.
Sgt. Robert Salas said tests by the police department showed there was a problem with the lock on the door of the 1997 BMW in which she was found Wednesday afternoon.
Salas said that if the car were locked with a key, its doors could not be opened from the inside. In addition, the horn did not work without a key in the ignition, he said.
Read more here: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/09/13/3221054/madera-girl-died-of-heat-stroke.html#storylink=cpy
A point to consider is that the Honda 50cc engine is about the most produced engine in history spanning about 55 years. They must be doing something right.
I recently had to buy my wife a car so I could get her old Lexus LX470. We needed something that seated 7 as she frequently picks our grandkids up and does stuff with the girls group at our local parish.
We looked at offerings from Lexus, Mazda, Infinity, and Acura, and they were close but the EcoBoost on the Lincoln MKT blew the others out of the water! Plus the model has AWD, which is necessary here in Colorado Springs.
I’ve had Firebird TransAms, Nissan Z cars, Porches, and other fast cars but this thing is a rocket sled. With two turbo’s it has zero turbo lag and doesn’t lose a single pony to altitude, which is important since we live at 7000 ft.
We live off a steep road and I love dusting BMW’s, Mecedes and Jaguar’s in this 7 passenger crossover ‘Nana van’.
Super high tech also with Ford Sync, smart cruise control, media jukebox with built in hard drive to rip CD’s to, most controls on the steering wheel and automatic parallel parking.
For quite awhile I’ve mainly owned Toyotas and Lexus but these new Ford/Lincolns are real game changers.
I found this and evidently Ford did win for the second consecutive year, the International Engine of the Year at the Engine Expo in Stuttgart Germany but it should be noted that it was for “Ford’s small and powerful 999cc, three-cylinder turbo unit”… “The engine, which is used across a variety of Ford’s small cars, managed to retain its title even against very talented new opposition, particularly in the form of VW’s ingenious 1.4-litre, TSI ACT engine, which was voted as the Best New Engine, ahead Ferrari’s awesome 6.3-litre V12 engine.”
But “Ferrari’s magnificent engine scoops two awards for Best Performance Engine and best engine in the Above 4-litre category”.
http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/about.php
More….
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/ford-wins-international-engine-of-the-year-award-2013-06-06
“Such yoghurt-weaving greenism would generally send TG into paroxysms of petrolhead indignation, were the Ecoboost engine not so annoyingly, brilliantly brilliant. We love it in the Fiesta, we love it in the Focus...” LOL! (I love those TG guys.)
The Germans still did pretty well however:
New Engine of the Year: Volkswagen 1.4-litre TSI ACT
1-litre to 1.4-litre Engine of the Year: Volkswagen 1.4-litre TSI Twincharger
1.4-litre to 1.8-litre Engine of the Year: BMW-PSA 1.6-litre turbo petrol
1.8-litre to 2.0-litre Engine of the Year: BMW 2.0-litre twin-turbo four-cylinder
2.0-litre to 2.5-litre Engine of the Year: Audi 2.5-litre turbo
2.5-litre to 3.0-litre Engine of the Year: Porsche 2.7-litre DI
Highly commended were BMW's 4.4-litre twin turbo V8 from the M5 and M6, Mercedes-AMG's 5.5-litre V8 as seen doing excellent service in the E63 and SL63.
Of course a car is a lot more than just the engine. Granted the engine is very important but so is the transmission, drive train, suspension, electrical system, the overall aerodynamics along with the aesthetics, overall handling, comfort and ergonomics, etc...
When I win the lottery tomorrow, so far I have my heart set on this:
I’ve also always wanted to own a Jeep Wrangler just for fun.
And a luxury SUV for those long drives to my beach house :)
In reality, I’ll be driving my 2008 4 cyl manual speed Toyota Yaris until it completely dies, which will probably be a good 6 -10 years from now as long as I keep taking care of it as well as I do now.