Engine of the Year Award Winners

**111prez** · July 14th, 2023 07:57 AM

Informative slideshow on all the Engine of the Year Award winners ...

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other...ei=13#image=15

**dr. d** · July 14th, 2023 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by 111prez

Informative slideshow on all the Engine of the Year Award winners ...

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other...ei=13#image=15

i wonder,
what are the criteria?

**oj88** · July 15th, 2023 12:37 PM

Is there credibility in that story? Seems like it's just satire...

... ‘The 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine is one of the finest examples of powertrain engineering.’ Years later, Ford was giving full refunds to thousands of customers affected by sudden failures of the EcoBoost engines. This followed a BBC investigation, which found that hundreds of engines had overheated.

**dr. d** · July 15th, 2023 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

Is there credibility in that story? Seems like it's just satire...

well, if ford were really giving money to disgruntled costumers...
that's a good sign for me to avoid such models.
google seems to verify it...

**Vodka** · July 15th, 2023 09:38 PM

yeah it's belt-in-oil

bits of belt clog the oil pickup then you get low oil pressure, metal-on-metal contact

the 1.5L "dragon" engine on the ecosport facelift is also belt-in-oil. so is the new ranger

generally speaking awards are mostly BS and not just automotive "awards"

**Dr.Kamiya** · July 16th, 2023 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

Is there credibility in that story? Seems like it's just satire...

Seems legit...

Ford Ecoboost engine failures: customers to receive refunds | Autocar

Ford to refund engine fail EcoBoost customers - BBC News

Ford EcoBoost failure - car maker offers 100% refund on repairs

**oj88** · July 16th, 2023 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by Dr.Kamiya

Seems legit...

Ford Ecoboost engine failures: customers to receive refunds | Autocar

Ford to refund engine fail EcoBoost customers - BBC News

Ford EcoBoost failure - car maker offers 100% refund on repairs

I know that the Ecoboost fails are legit.

What boggles the mind is that, despite all that, it still garnered an Engine of the Year award?

**Dr.Kamiya** · July 16th, 2023 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

I know that the Ecoboost fails are legit.

What boggles the mind is that, despite all that, it still garnered an Engine of the Year award?

Ah well Engine of the Year is usually awarded early on in the life cycle of an engine when there's close to zero data on reliability.
The Ford Ecoboost 1.0 started production in 2012 and immediately won the award, and the following year as well.

The award probably only focuses on technical wins like achieving certain breakthroughs in power to weight or packaging, and looking at the awardees in hindsight (as the article did) you can see many of the winning engines proved to be quite flawed in the long run.

**dr. d** · July 16th, 2023 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by Dr.Kamiya

Ah well Engine of the Year is usually awarded early on in the life cycle of an engine when there's close to zero data on reliability.
The Ford Ecoboost 1.0 started production in 2012 and immediately won the award, and the following year as well.

The award probably only focuses on technical wins like achieving certain breakthroughs in power to weight or packaging, and looking at the awardees in hindsight (as the article did) you can see many of the winning engines proved to be quite flawed in the long run.

exactly my thoughts.