Volkswagen has managed to win the overall Engine of the Year Award, with its twin charged (supercharged and turbocharged) 1.4 liter TSI powerplant clinching both the overall and the 1 to 1.4 liter category title.

Dr. Rudiger Szengel, Head of Volkswagen Petrol Engine Development was present to accept the award at a ceremony that was recently held in Stuttgart, Germany.

“I and the entire Volkswagen development team are extremely proud to receive this major international prize in the overall category for the second year in succession for the 1.4 twincharger. The combination of compressor and turbocharging provides an excellent basis for combining driving pleasure and low fuel consumption – all achieved with a relatively small engine capacity of 1.4-litres,” said Dr. Szengel.

The units included in the competition are evaluated by an international panel of top 72 independent journalists.

Volkswagen’s 1.4 TSI engine offers power ratings ranging from 122 hp to 182 hp, with tuners taking the powerplant above the 200 hp level. The unit is used in multiple Volkswagen models, such as the Polo, Golf, Touran, Tiguan and Sharan.

“It is a fantastic achievement for Volkswagen to have won the award for a second consecutive year, and it demonstrates that engine downsizing is very much here to stay. We’ve seen more new engines launched into the market than ever before in the Awards’ history, and the vast majority of them were below 1.8 litres. That Volkswagen’s clever 1.4litre twincharger is still proclaimed by the judges as the best engine on sale in the world today demonstrates the class of this highly refined trend setter,” said Dean Slavnich, editor of organizing magazine Engine Technology International and co-chair of the judging panel.

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