Ingolstadt/Stuttgart, June 5, 2013: A jury of 87 motoring journalists from around the world has voted the Audi 2.5-litre TFSI as the ‘International Engine of the Year 2013’ in the 2-litre to 2.5-litre category. This engine, therefore, retains the award that it won the previous three years.

The 2.5-litre unit fitted to the TT RS Coupé and Roadster features both turbocharging and FSI gasoline direct injection, two of the German carmaker’s core technologies of Audi.

International Engine of the Year jury members said of the 2.5-litre engine: “The Audi TT RS is one of the most engaging smaller sports cars on the market. The sound and power of the throbbing, off-beat engine makes you feel like a Group B rally driver every time you get behind the wheel.”

The Audi TT RS plus Coupé and Roadster models have a displacement of 2480cc and reach a power output of 360bhp between 5500 and 6700rpm. Peak torque is 465 Nm between 1650 and 5400rpm, and the car accelerates from 0 to 100kph in 4.1 seconds (Roadster: 4.2 seconds). A top speed of 280kph is optionally available.

This is the ninth category win in a row at the International Engine of the Year Awards for Audi TFSI technology. Between 2005 and 2009, the Audi 2.0-litre TFSI engine won the award in the 1.8-litre to 2.0-litre category. The 2.5-litre TFSI unit will also provide power for the RS Q3, the first RS model in Audi’s successful SUV line-up, whose deliveries will begin in fall 2013.

In the RS Q3 it produces 228 kW (310 hp) and delivers an average fuel consumption of just 8.8 litres of fuel per 100km. The RS Q3 takes just 5.5 seconds to complete the sprint from 0 to 100kph and its top speed is electronically governed to 250kph.