Ford to Introduce 1.6-liter EcoBoost Turbo Petrol Engines with Direct Injection in 2010
If there's one thing someone
could hold against Ford of Europe that is the absence of any noteworthy gasoline
engines in its range other than the 2.5-liter turbocharged 5-cylinder unit. Ford
is one of the last European manufacturers to take advantage of the new
breakthroughs in turbocharging which allow smaller displacement petrol engines
to combine high outputs with improved fuel economy and emissions without the
reliability issues of the past. -Continued
But that's about to change as Ford of
Europe has announced a £70 million ($108 million or €87 million) investment
programme at its Bridgend engine plant in Wales to build a next generation
1.6-litre Ecoboost, four-cylinder petrol engine.
To be launched in the European
market in 2010, the new 1.6-litre Ecoboost engine featuring turbocharging and
direct injection technology will be available with various outputs - a strategy
that has been employed quite successfully by the VW Group for a while now. For
example, VW's twin-turbocharged 1.4-liter TSI unit is offered in Europe and
other countries in 140, 150, 160 and 170HP versions. Ford supports that compared with current
larger displacement petrol engines of similar power, the new 1.6-liter Ecoboost
engines are expected to provide up to 20 per cent better fuel economy, 15 per
cent lower CO2 emissions and greater performance. The new 4-cylinder Ecoboost engines are
expected to replace the current naturally aspirated 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0-liter
petrol engines that are offered in the Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo, S-Max and Galaxy
MPVs.
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