2008 International Engine of the Year Award nominees announced
The “International Engine of the Year Award” is one of the most important awards in the automotive industry. Think of it like the Academy Awards for engines, or something like that.
The 2007’s winner was BMW’s twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-6 (pictured above). Here is the list of this year’s nominees : Nissan’s 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 (found in the Nissan GT-R), Mitsubishi’ 2.0-liter twin-turbo I4 (Mitsubishi EVO X), Audi’s 5.2-liter V10 (Audi S8), Chevrolet’s 6.2-liter supercharged V8 (Corvette ZR1), and BMW’s 4.0-liter V8 (BMW M3).
The winners will be announced on May 7, at Engine Expo 2008, in Stuttgart, Germany. Let’s wait and see what the future has in stores for this year’s awards.
A BMW Hydrogen 7 for Prince Albert II of Monaco
The environmental-friendly cars are being built as we speak, the new BMW Hydrogen 7 is one good example. After it was adopted by some stars, such as Cameron Diaz, Jay Leno, Will Ferrell and Placido Domingo, the next rich and famous person to receive the keys to the luxo-enviromobile is Prince Albert II of Monaco.
After bringing the Hydrogen 7 to the Ever Monaco environmental exposition in Monte Carlo, the monarch of the tax-heave Mediterranean pricipality proclaimed :
“I monitor very carefully, in the automobile sector in particular, the development of new technologies”.
Well, with only 100 examples of the car being offered to the public, that means one less for the rest of us. Check out some pics after the break.
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