Tau’s destiny is to launch Hyundai into the world’s luxury and performance markets and into the U.S. light-truck segment – if that beleaguered sector ever recovers.
A powerful, sporty character, great efficiency and trick compound turbochargers make BMW’s new I-6 diesel a perfect steward of modern clean-diesel engineering.
Powerful, efficient and stimulating to drive, BMW’s 3.0L turbo-6 proves the only replacement for displacement is a pair of turbochargers and advanced fuel-injection.
Even without extreme “hyper-mile” driving tactics, meeting and surpassing the Escape Hybrid’s 34-mpg (6.9 L/100 km) city fuel-economy rating is not difficult at all.
For the second straight year, the 3.6L “high-feature” V-6 in the Cadillac CTS makes the 10 Best Engines list for its laudable low-end torque and effortless power delivery.
Honda’s 3.5L V-6 in the moderately priced Accord coupe speaks to the enthusiast buyer who wants practicality most of the time, but superior performance all of the time.
Hybrid-electric vehicles have left 10 Best Engines Judge Schweinsberg cold, but not the new Ford Escape HEV, achieving an average 36.8-mpg (6.3 L/100 km) in mostly highway driving.