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GM Celebrates Ward's 10 Best Engines Honors
February 18, 2014
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Powertrain chief Steve Kiefer speaks with engineers about award-winning 2.0L Ecotec diesel in Chevy Cruze.
After presentation of two trophies, GM unveils banner showing all 27 Ward's 10 Best Engines honors since 1995.
Banners will hang permanently in central gathering space at GM Powertrain headquarters.
GM offered nine new or improved powertrains in 2014 Ward's 10 Best Engines competition.
Editor Tom Murphy (left) presents trophy for 6.2L Corvette V-8 to (from right) Darryl Johnson, chief engineer Jordan Lee, Pat Capuson, Gary Heidel and Geary Yarnes. All but Lee came from Tonawanda, NY, plant, where V-8 is assembled.
Editors Tom Murphy and Drew Winter present trophy for 2.0L turbodiesel to Mike Siegrist (right), assistant chief engineer.
Murphy and Winter with celebratory cake.
GM's Kiefer (center) presents Winter and Murphy with commemorative photo and pistons from two winning engines.
Sign at GM Powertrain has room for additional banners.
Sign at GM Powertrain has room for additional banners.
General Motors Powertrain headquarters in Pontiac, MI, this week hosted a celebration to commemorate the automaker's two trophies as part of the 2014 Ward's 10 Best Engines competition. Several hundred powertrain engineers and designers attended as WardsAuto editors discussed the winning 2.0L turbodiesel in the Chevrolet Cruze and 6.2L LT1 V-8 in the new Chevrolet Corvette.
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