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.
Balanced, powerful and highly advanced, Toyota’s Lexus V-6 remains one of the best examples of premium-powertrain engineering.
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.
What it lacks in polished manners, the Evo makes up with raw street cred. It takes little spurring for this all-wheel driver to go all out.