Ford Debuts Four-Cylinder EcoBoost Engine Family

In conjunction with the unveilings of the new Ford C-Max and Grand C-Max people-movers at the Frankfurt auto show, the Dearborn-based automaker also is officially taking the wraps off its range of EcoBoost four-cylinders. The new 1.6- and 2.0-liter engines sport turbochargers and direct injection and are designed to produce similar power with better fuel efficiency than larger, naturally aspirated mills; the 2.0-liter is said to provide the output of a conventional V-6, while the 1.6-liter will stand in for larger four-cylinders. The existing twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 currently available in vehicles such as the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO is aimed at providing V-8-levels of power with V-6 fuel economy, although it only averaged 16 mpg in our recent road test.
Ford says the 2.0-liter will first come to the U.S. in late 2011 with the seven-seat Grand C-Max. But the engine also is expected to be employed in several other upcoming Fords, including the next-generation Focus, which will arrive in the same timeframe as the Grand C-Max. The 1.6-liter will debut late next year in Europe in the five-seat C-Max and proliferate throughout the company’s smaller vehicles. Australia will get the 2.0-liter in 2011 for rear-wheel-drive duty in the Ford Falcon, with the automaker expecting nearly 80 percent of its vehicles around the world to be available with an EcoBoost option by 2013. More than 90 percent of U.S. models will offer one of the powertrains by then, too.
While Ford has yet to release specifics, the company has previously told us we can expect the 2.0-liter to produce at least 230 hp and 240 lb-ft of torque, which should be more than adequate for the first U.S. applications. Downsizing to the 1.6-liter should result in about 185 hp.
Although we understand Ford’s logic in baiting power-hungry Americans with the higher-output 2.0-liter, we hope it eventually brings the 1.6-liter to the States, as well. Its output would be more than sufficient in a Focus-sized vehicle and its greater efficiency would do more to help the company’s average fleet fuel economy in the eyes of the government. After all, Ford chose “EcoBoost” over the original “TwinForce” moniker because EcoBoost has a more green-minded ring to it.
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