International Engine of the Year 2015 Award - BMW i8 Powertrain wins

BMW i8 Powertrain wins the International Engine of the Year 2015 Award.

The sophisticated plug-in hybrid powertrain of the BMW i8 sports car has been rated the top engine in this year’s International Engine of the Year Awards, the official award of British publication Engine Technology International. The i8’s powertrain consists of a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine that’s mated to a six-speed automatic transmission and drives the rear wheels, plus a single electric motor that drives the front wheels. Together they produce a peak output of 362 horsepower, enough to accelerate the i8 from 0-62 mph in 4.4 seconds, yet when required to the car can return upwards of 76 mpg.

Read more at: 

1) http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/

2) http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/results.php?id=2

3) http://paultan.org/2015/06/17/international-engine-of-the-year-2015/

A Night at the Mercedes Benz Museum

“A Night at the Mercedes-Benz Museum” creates its own magic

By Justin Hyde | Motoramic

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As part of a Mercedes-Benz outreach to bloggers in Germany, selected bloggers spent the night in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.  They were free to roam around the profound pieces of motoring history. Photographer Teymur Madjderey used his time to create this atmospheric tour (click the highlight in blue to visit) of Mercedes history as only an empty museum at 4 a.m. can provide. The blue El Camino-like hauler is a replica of the Renntransporter, which carried race cars in the '50s.