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Tag: Ford EcoBoost Engine

  • 2010 NAIAS Preview: 2011 Ford Focus packs maximum technology features

    At the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Ford is premiering the next-generation 2011 Ford Focus, offering huge variety of features and innovative technologies, as well as striking craftsmanship, outstanding fuel economy and a new standard for driving quality. (more…)

  • 1934 Ford 3-Window Coupe EcoBoost Hot Rod by Detroit Street Rods

    At the next week’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show, Ford Powertrain and Detroit Street Rods will unveil their EcoBoost-powered 1934 Ford hot rod. (more…)

  • Ecoboost Technology: Direct Injection Is Cool

    Direct injection is one of the cool technologies that makes Ford’s new EcoBoost engine possible.

    The all-new engine delivers better fuel economy and reduced emissions as well as improved performance and engine refinement gives it a cool all its own. With an estimated, class-leading 355 horsepower, the 2010 Lincoln MKS with EcoBoost is expected to deliver best-in-class highway fuel economy of 25 mpg. (more…)

  • Red-Hot Torture: New Ecoboost Engine’S Turbochargers Glow In Durability Testing

    It’s difficult to get the twin turbochargers in the new Ford EcoBoost V-6 engine too hot under the collar.  Not that Ford engineers didn’t try.

    Working to ensure the long-life reliability of the dual-turbo, direct-injected engine, Ford put the new engine through a barrage of torture testing.

    One of the key areas of testing focused on the two turbos – key weapons in the EcoBoost strategy to deliver the performance of a V-8 with the fuel economy of a V-6.  Would their reliability match the rest of the robust engine architecture, based on Ford’s proven 3.5-liter V-6 engine? (more…)