Comments on: BMW & MINI Win Engine of the Year Awards http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/ MINI Cooper news, reviews and opinion. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:00:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dr Obnxs http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-221160 Dr Obnxs Sat, 17 May 2008 13:42:22 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-221160 <p>Now that's funny!.... The 1.6 engine is most likely here to stay... More can be squeezed out of it for sure, and the US CAFE regulations make increased displacement problematic for car companies that sell lots of fuel hungry engines (think BMW in the US).</p> <p>Matt</p> Now that’s funny!…. The 1.6 engine is most likely here to stay… More can be squeezed out of it for sure, and the US CAFE regulations make increased displacement problematic for car companies that sell lots of fuel hungry engines (think BMW in the US).

Matt

]]> By: C4 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220901 C4 Thu, 15 May 2008 19:11:55 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220901 <p>MINI is in talks with GM to outsource unsold 5.7L and 6.2L V8s for the next R60 MINI Colorado.</p> MINI is in talks with GM to outsource unsold 5.7L and 6.2L V8s for the next R60 MINI Colorado.

]]> By: GregW http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220786 GregW Thu, 15 May 2008 01:19:46 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220786 <p>Which poses the next question - will a 1.6 liter be sufficient for the upcoming Colorado 4 wheel drive?</p> Which poses the next question – will a 1.6 liter be sufficient for the upcoming Colorado 4 wheel drive?

]]> By: C4 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220647 C4 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:09:03 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220647 <p>I don't think a 1800cc engine would fit in the current R56 engine bay. Second a bigger displacement engine means more gas. Third, I don't think having 3 separate engine displacements will work well with their economies of scale.</p> <p>I posed this question on the last live WRR podcast and was told flat out that MINI is not going away from the 1600cc displacement as we have it today.</p> I don’t think a 1800cc engine would fit in the current R56 engine bay. Second a bigger displacement engine means more gas. Third, I don’t think having 3 separate engine displacements will work well with their economies of scale.

I posed this question on the last live WRR podcast and was told flat out that MINI is not going away from the 1600cc displacement as we have it today.

]]> By: GregW http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220584 GregW Tue, 13 May 2008 04:32:56 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220584 <p>All credit to BMW MINI for choosing this PSA based engine for R56. With the BMW enhancements, it obviously betters the Peugeot and other partners add-on technology. My only gripe is that they should have three engine sizes; ONE 1.4 liters, COOPER 1.6 liters, COOPER S 1.8 or 2.0 liters. By using a bigger engine in the S, it would give a distinct advantage over the others. Anyone know why they didn't go for a bigger engined S option from the start?</p> All credit to BMW MINI for choosing this PSA based engine for R56. With the BMW enhancements, it obviously betters the Peugeot and other partners add-on technology. My only gripe is that they should have three engine sizes; ONE 1.4 liters, COOPER 1.6 liters, COOPER S 1.8 or 2.0 liters. By using a bigger engine in the S, it would give a distinct advantage over the others. Anyone know why they didn’t go for a bigger engined S option from the start?

]]> By: Dr Obnxs http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220212 Dr Obnxs Sat, 10 May 2008 00:34:11 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220212 <p>Guess there were no minus points for the cold start clatter!</p> <p>Matt</p> Guess there were no minus points for the cold start clatter!

Matt

]]> By: C4 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220170 C4 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:14:26 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220170 <p>Could also be a MINI ONE engine.</p> Could also be a MINI ONE engine.

]]> By: robble http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220168 robble Fri, 09 May 2008 18:11:24 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220168 <p>Steve - that is a cooper engine.</p> Steve – that is a cooper engine.

]]> By: Steve http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220141 Steve Fri, 09 May 2008 13:35:21 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220141 <p>Is that the MINI diesel engine pictured? Doesn't look like the MCS turbo engine to me...</p> Is that the MINI diesel engine pictured? Doesn’t look like the MCS turbo engine to me…

]]> By: C4 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-220140 C4 Fri, 09 May 2008 13:19:36 +0000 http://www.motoringfile.com/2008/05/09/bmw-mini-win-engine-of-the-year-awards/#comment-220140 <p>Very impressive milestone. Congratulations BMW/MINI!</p> Very impressive milestone. Congratulations BMW/MINI!

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