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?Best Performance Engine Award? Goes To Porsche 911 Turbo-Engine

automagonthenet | 08 May, 2008 23:33

 Porsche 3.6 Liter 480 PS Boxer engine

It is indeed a very successful year for Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart. Recently, according to the Auto Spectator, the group brought home the bacon from the recent 2008 International Engine of the Year Awards. They received the popular “Best Performance Engine Award” for the first time with its Porsche 911 Turbo-Drive. The makers of this splendid sports car have underpinned its place in a field of high performance competitors. This award has been presented by the British specialist journal “Engine Technology International” for outstanding engine distinctiveness for over a decade now. 

Last year, the sports car manufacturer was already flourishing in the three to four liter category. Porsche has outplayed and placed strong competitors such as BMW, Ferrari, Nissan and Audi in the shade by bringing in Porsche's 3.6 Liter 480 PS Boxer engine which even got first place in the free capacity class this year. 

The commanding Porsche 911 Turbo power unit features an exhaust gas turbocharger with uneven turbine geometry (VTG) for the first time. This feature is designed to have an efficient control of the exhaust gas flow throughout the whole range of engine speeds, directing the flow of air in accurately the right course and at the right position to the turbine blades. This leads to a apparent enhancement in flexibility and acceleration, mostly at low speeds.

There were 65 well-known motoring journalists from over 30 countries who judged and assessed power engines in various different categories in the Engine of the Year Awards.

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