i am sure everyone who brought the cayman are aware that its overpriced, and its engine is not as good as a BMW.

But we still buy the cayman because it makes us happier then a BMW would, and in the end thats what matters with cars of this type.

Are you telling me all BMW engines are better than all Porsche engines? I hardly think so, just tell that to the early adopters of the last M3, a lot of those people had engines crater on them, I witnessed 2 first hand. Without knowing all of the criteria that the engines were judged upon, who the judges were, how the voting as conducted etc, ALL of this is virtually meaningless. Drive your car and enjoy it and stop worrying about whether the lighter socket just won the lastest Ikea design contest...

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Why? Because its not "sponge worthy"!

caymans are worth all the sponges in the world put together !!

OK, I understand what your asking now so I guess I'd ask ... Why are you asking this here? Are any of those 65 auto journalists a member of CaymanClub? Otherwise, no member here can answer that. Speculate maybe, but speculation will not answer your question. I suggest you contact them and ask http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/contact.html

That's why this thread has been moved to "Off Topic". It's an off-topic question. If you want to chime in, you chime in. If you don't want to, then don't. Why are you asking me why I am asking the question? Your question is more rhetorical than mine.

I asked because I thought you wanted the real answer. Why don't they? Only the journalists can answer that.

If its opinions your looking for, Cool. That's fine. I'll throw in mine. ... from looking at the previous winners, they look like revolutionary engineering changes. As CaySman noted. I see the M5/M6 engine ... revolutionary V10, Switchable power. I see Toyota synergy drive. Toyota Prius engine, also revolutionary

Also as CaySman noted, PAG does not build revolutionary engines. Rather they evolve over time. This evolutionary versus revolutionary approach to engineering has been noted before in other threads but also even on History International when they discussed the 911 series. PAG slowly evolves their vehicles. They do not make revolutionary leaps.

Therefore, if you can go by what appears to be a trend in the winning engines, my opinion is that they do not win the top award because their engines evolve and are not revolutionary.