Ford EcoBoost Vehicles at Virginia Dealer
November 12, 2009 by cdow
Everyone is searching for the right technology that makes vehicles fuel efficient and decreases emissions while still meeting the performance, quality and price car-buyers expect. Ford is calling their EcoBoost engine a real project leader.
In car-talk, it’s known as direct-injection with turbo charging. Drivers get the thrust of a V8 with the thirst of a V6, while EcoBoost I-4 engines will perform like the larger V6s, but with the fuel economy of the smaller engine. In more straightforward terms, it’s getting more power with less gas.
Today, EcoBoost offers up to 20 percent better fuel-economy and up to 15 percent reduced greenhouse emissions versus larger displacement engines. But even with the numbers to back it up, people still question about the true performance of EcoBoost: Can a more fuel-efficient V6 engine really perform as well as a traditionally more-expensive and less fuel-efficient V8 engine?
That question was put to the test earlier this year when Automobile Magazine and Motor Trend pitted the Lincoln MKS with a V6 EcoBoost engine against a handful of popular European V8s in a head to head challenge nearly 12,000 feet above sea level at Colorado’s Loveland Pass. The Lincoln MKS completed the course with the highest top-speed among the group, but ultimately placed second behind the BMW 550i in the race up the hill. Although we hoped to end up at the very top of the pack, finishing so high in the group made it very clear that EcoBoost, our smaller, more fuel-efficient engine, has earned its place in the luxury, high-performance vehicle market.
Today, EcoBoost is offered in the Ford Taurus SHO, Lincoln MKS, Lincoln MKT and Ford Flex. Next year it will be offered in a 2.0L I-4 version. In 2010, an EcoBoost V6 will be available in the crown-jewel of Ford’s truck lineup, the F-150. And by 2013, it will be offered in more than 90 percent of Ford’s entire North American lineup.
The 2010 Ford Flex is amongst those new vehicle that will have the EcoBoost engine. The 2010 model will differ from its forebearer with a 3.5 liter displacement and duo of turbochargers to produce V8 power with V6 fuel economy. The Flex stands up handsomely in the three-row crossover fight – well enough that if you’re considering such a beast, you’d be ill-advised to skip out on sampling this Blue Oval box – if only because of the vehicle’s rich features and options lists. Ford didn’t lie: the Flex EcoBoost is more than just an engine upgrade, and the suite of features it manifests makes it more than just another big box.
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