With less than a week to go, the global powertrain community is buzzing with excitement about which engines will win at the International Engine + Powertrain of the Year Awards 2019, which takes place at the Messe Stuttgart, Germany, at 2:00pm on May 22.

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In recent years, Ferrari has bucked the trend of small capacity engines winning the overall award, securing three titles back-to-back for its stunning 488 V8 twin-turbo. But can the high-performance unit retain its crown and become the first manufacturer to win four titles consecutively?

 

And can Jaguar Land Rover’s very-first all-electric vehicle, the I-Pace, topple the dominant Tesla powertrain that has taken home both the Best Green Engine category since the Model S debuted in 2014 and the Best Electric Powertrain award every year since the category’s introduction in 2017?

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This year is one of change for the International Engine + Powertrain of the Year Awards, which have undergone their first major restructure since the launch in 1999. This means a recategorization to include power bands rather than displacement size to reflect the increasing separation between the cubic capacity of an engine and its power output, fuel economy and emissions rating.