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DETROIT – Three new powerplants join the list of Ward's 10 Best Engines winners for 2007, the 13th rendition of the annual competition that recognizes automotive powertrain excellence.
Making the cut for the first time:
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Ford Motor Co.’s all-new Duratec 35, a 3.5L DOHC V-6 launching as the standard engine in some of Ford’s most critical new models for 2007, the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX cross/utility vehicles, as well as Lincoln’s MKZ sedan. The powerful and refined new V-6 generates 265 hp and 250 lb.-ft. (339 Nm) of torque.
BMW AG’s thrusty turbocharged variant of its hallowed inline 6-cyl. engine. The new 3L mill combines a sophisticated turbocharger with the company’s first application of direct-injection gasoline fueling for an inline 6-cyl. to produce 300 hp and 300 lb.-ft. (407 Nm) of torque.
DaimlerChrysler AG’s 3L DOHC V-6 turbodiesel, the only ’07-model light-duty diesel engine for sale in the U.S., is available in a trio of Mercedes-Benz models as well as the Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD. The powerful and frugal new diesel V-6 produces torque that far surpasses gasoline engines of similar size while providing 25% better fuel economy.

Equally important, in Mercedes’ E320 Bluetec, the high-tech 3L turbodiesel is coupled with the first phase of new exhaust-aftertreatment technology that soon will make diesels as low-emitting as today’s gasoline engines.
Meanwhile, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. continues a record-setting string of Ward's 10 Best Engines awards with the 13th consecutive win for its now-legendary VQ-Series DOHC V-6, the only engine to win an award every year since the competition’s inception in 1995.
For 2007, the heavily revised, fourth-generation 3.5L VQ boasts a V-8-challenging 306 hp and 268 lb.-ft. (363 Nm) of torque.
Toyota Motor Corp. scores its second consecutive 10 Best Engines win with its Lexus 3.5L DOHC V-6, a brilliantly refined design that employs a unique, combination direct- and port-injection fueling system that helps generate 306 hp and 277 lb.-ft. (376 Nm) of torque.

Ford Duratec 35 one of three new 10 Best Engines winners in 2007.
Two popularly priced and evocative V-8s return in 2007 for repeat wins. DC scores its fifth consecutive 10 Best Engines win with the ever-popular Hemi 5.7 OHV V-8, this year in 340 hp, 390 lb.-ft. (529 Nm) specification for the Chrysler 300C sedan.
Ford takes its third consecutive Best Engines award with the 4.6L SOHC V-8 powering the Ford Mustang GT. This new-generation version of the classic muscle-car V-8 continues to impress with its evocative exhaust symphony and, in addition to its standard 300-hp Mustang GT guise, a new, high-output variant that uses Ford Racing performance components to increase horsepower to 325.
Finally, a pair of powerful but efficient 4-cyl. engines claims 2007 10 Best Engines awards. Audi AG wins for the second consecutive year with its power-dense 2L turbocharged DOHC I-4 employing the company’s torque- and efficiency-enhancing FSI direct-injection gasoline fueling to produce 200 hp and 207 lb.-ft. (281 Nm) of torque.
And Mazda Motor Corp. returns to the 10 Best Engines list with its second consecutive award for its power-packed 2.3L turbocharged DOHC I-4, an integral part of one of the year’s best performance-car bargains, the Mazdaspeed3.
Developing 263 hp from just 2.3L displacement, the direct-injected Mazda 4-cyl. is one of the most power-dense engines available in the U.S. market.
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Ward's 10 Best Engines 2006

This year, six Ward's editors nominated 33 different engines for the 10 Best Engines competition. Over a nearly 2-month period, the editors evaluated and scored each engine against all others in a number of objective and subjective parameters.
Each engine must be available in a regular-production, U.S.-specification model on sale no later than the first quarter of 2007 in a vehicle priced no more than $54,000, a price cap indexed to the average cost of a new vehicle.
The awards will be given at a banquet in Detroit during next month’s North American International Auto Show.
Here’s Ward's 10 Best Engines for 2007 at a glance (vehicle tested in parenthesis):

Audi AG 2L turbocharged DOHC I-4 (Audi A3)
BMW AG 3L DOHC I-6 (Z4 3.0si)
BMW AG 3L turbocharged DOHC I-6 (335i)
DaimlerChrysler AG 3L DOHC V-6 turbodiesel (Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec/Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD)
DaimlerChrysler AG Hemi 5.7L OHV V-8 (Chrysler 300C)
Ford Motor Co. Duratec 35 3.5L DOHC V-6 (Ford Edge/Lincoln MKX)
Ford Motor Co. 4.6L SOHC V-8 (Mustang GT/Mustang Shelby GT)
Mazda Motor Corp. 2.3L DISI turbocharged DOHC I-4 (Mazdaspeed3)
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. 3.5L DOHC V-6 (Infiniti G35)
Toyota Motor Corp. 3.5L DOHC V-6 (Lexus IS 350)

 

very cool to be in the top 10

 

13th year! VQ POWERRR!! RAWRR

 

Very nice. High five.

 

Good To Know Our Engines Are Very Reliable

 

WOW a HONDA DIDNT MAKE THE LIST ???? Everyone is always talking about how good Honda engines are

oooo I see they are going by performance...

 

But then you have to ask yourself, how important is an award by 'Ward' anyway?
Is it the JD Power of engines?
I mean you would have to be blind (or deaf) to miss out on the VQ. That's a no-brainer.

 

wards is highly recognized in the automotive community.. from my experience, they do mostly on the dealer side and what not, but it's still good to see our engines being recognized.. esp in the g