Comments on: 2009 International Engine of the Year awards http://www.modernracer.com/news/2009-international-engine-of-the-year-awards/1142/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: João Prates http://www.modernracer.com/news/2009-international-engine-of-the-year-awards/1142/comment-page-1/#comment-482 João Prates Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:22:49 +0000 http://www.modernracer.com/news/?p=1142#comment-482 The results for Engine of the Year Awards 2009 should be subjected to severe auditing from independent sources. I will only name 1 category where the results are simply outrageous to an extent far beyond comprehension: The Green Engine award. The jury had several cars to choose from, and two nominees were the VW TSI and the new Prius 3G (3rd generation). Having: The VW with 174 hp, 6.2 L/100 km and 144 g/km CO2; The Toyota with 136 hp, 3.9 L/100 km and 89 g/km CO2 The jury says the car which has: +30% horsepower, 63% more fuel consumption, 62% more CO2 emissions is the greenest car... yeah... right... is this for real!?!?! The general public demands a general inquiry to this Jury votes right now! This is a shameful representation of how strong lobbies can go. I feel sick to the stomach reading this year's awards. Shame on the jury! The results for Engine of the Year Awards 2009 should be subjected to severe auditing from independent sources.

I will only name 1 category where the results are simply outrageous to an extent far beyond comprehension: The Green Engine award.

The jury had several cars to choose from, and two nominees were the VW TSI and the new Prius 3G (3rd generation).

Having:

The VW with 174 hp, 6.2 L/100 km and 144 g/km CO2;
The Toyota with 136 hp, 3.9 L/100 km and 89 g/km CO2

The jury says the car which has:

+30% horsepower, 63% more fuel consumption, 62% more CO2 emissions

is the greenest car… yeah… right… is this for real!?!?!

The general public demands a general inquiry to this Jury votes right now!

This is a shameful representation of how strong lobbies can go.
I feel sick to the stomach reading this year’s awards.

Shame on the jury!

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