Engine Expo Day Two: Continuous Flow
Activity picked up today right where it left off the day before with a steady stream of visitors to the Scuderi Engine booth, which included the added exposure and crowds attending the International Engine of the Year Awards taking place right next to the Scuderi booth.
However, even with the world's premier engine awards in progress, attendees still kept their attention focused on the cutaway model of the Scuderi Engine prototype that made its European debut on Tuesday. The engine's potential to emit up to 80 percent less NOx while achieving full load efficiencies of 5-10 percent higher than conventional engines - all due to the ability to fire after top dead center - continues to impress the world's automotive engineering community.
The engine still grabbed the attention of attendees even as the
Engine of the Year awards were taking place across the isle.
This year Volkswagen took the big prize, securing overall honors by winning for the first time in the company's history with its diminutive yet powerful 1.4 liter TSI Twincharger engine. The unit is offered across much of the VW model range, including the Golf, Scirocco and Eos, and is used to good effect by Seat in the Ibiza Cupra. The turbocharged and supercharged 1.4-liter also won the 1-liter to 1.4 liter category and was voted Green Engine of the Year, beating both Toyota's and Honda's new electric-hybrids.
"It's a masterstroke of downsizing technology and a real engineering showcase," said Dean Slavnich, editor of Engine Technology International magazine and co-chairman of the awards program. "I have no doubt that this engine will become the template for a whole new generation of high efficiency, small capacity engines in the years to come."
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