10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems

This year’s list of winners reflects an industry that is trying to do it all with heart-pounding fire breathers, capable pickups that don’t need V-8s, family cars that don’t need V-6s and a battery-electric CUV that is fun to drive.

With a radically new mid-engine placement, the LT2 also may finally silence critics calling the camshaft-in-block an elder statesman.

Despite all the luxury BEV newcomers in 2019, the mass-market Kona still has one of the longest-range lithium-ion battery packs in the industry.