[that_one_guy]

yes, the engine has its faults, but you forget what they said about the test:

"Editors scored each engine based on power, technology, observed fuel economy and noise, vibration and harshness characteristics. There is no instrumented testing."

This really isn't an objective test of the engine. It's more a subjective test of the car and at the end they were only asked to comment about the engine. If the car as a whole made the editors feel good while driving it, then of course they are more likely to look past any faults it has in any particular area.

I feel if you look a any individual part of this car, your opinion would be "meh" at best. The beautiful thing about this car is when you bolt all of those "meh" parts together you get