Ferrari snagged a record number of awards this year at the International Engine of the Year Awards, held at the Engine Expo 2016 in Stuttgart. The crowning glory came with the win for its 3.9-litre, twin-turbocharged V8 unit, which is now the International Engine of The Year. What this means is that for the first time in many years, a performance engine has taken the top honours for the award. Previous winners include BMW’s 1.5-litre three-pot, Ford’s three-cylinder EcoBoost, Fiat’s 875cc TwinAir, and the VW Group’s 1.4-litre TSI. But this engine not only snagged the top category for Ferrari, but also bagged the awards for the Performance Engine, New Engine, and 3.0-litre to 4.0-litre category too. That’s four awards—and the fifth came with Ferrari’s 6.3-litre, naturally-aspirated unit seen in the F12 Berlinetta and F12tdf, which got the Above 4.0-litre award. The 3.9-litre is used across the 488 GTB, 488 Spider and (in a revised form) in the California T.
