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Ford says EcoBoost popular with the "young"

Kids these days. According to Ford, what gets the young (well, younger) car shopper's attention is a nice EcoBoost engine. For proof, Ford offers the following statistic: buyers of the Taurus SHO with EcoBoost are, on average, over ten years younger than people who buy base Taurus vehicles. Don't think that this means Taurus SHO buyers are someone who's just gotten his or her driver's license, though. The average SHO buyer is 54 years old. Looking to the future, Ford reminds us that the EcoBoost, which offers a fuel economy boost of 20 ... Read more →

Ford files 125 patents on 3.5L V6 EcoBoost, mostly for controls Sam Abuelsamid

In the process of developing it's new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6, the powertrain engineers at Ford came up with a lot innovative solutions to reducing emissions and fuel consumption. Most of those ...

REPORT: Ford considering two- and three-cylinder engines Jeremy Korzeniewski

We'll see Ford's upcoming 1.6-liter turbocharged EcoBoost engine show up in a number of new cars wearing the Blue Oval badge all around the world within the next few years, especially in markets ...

Frankfurt 2009: Ford unveils 1.6-liter EcoBoost Sam Abuelsamid

Ford's EcoBoost offensive is continuing in Frankfurt this week with the official launch of the third member of the family, the 1.6-liter four cylinder. The new engine joins the ...

Does Ford's 2.0L EcoBoost four = MazdaSpeed3 four? Nope Sam Abuelsamid

After Ford VP Barb Samardzich officially announced that the 2.0-liter four cylinder EcoBoost engine that's coming next year, a correspondent for the Examiner.com postulated that this engine was in ...

Ford announces 2.0l ecoboost and dual clutch gearbox for 2010 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

At Ford's 2010 model year preview – hey, they're more efficient! – in Dearborn, Michigan this morning, Barb Samardzich, VP of global powertrain development announced the next stage of the company's EcoBoost strategy for North America. The new 2.0-liter EcoBoost four cylinder will ...

Ford: 2010 line 20-percent more efficient than '05 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to Ford, its 2010 lineup is about 20-percent more fuel efficient than it was in 2005, and that figure is only set to continue rising as the years progress. In fact, by 2015, Ford estimates its product line will be roughly 35-percent more fuel efficient than it was a decade prior. Says ...

Ford starts EcoBoost production in Cleveland 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

On the same day that President Obama announced tough new CAFE standards for new cars in the coming half-decade, Ford began production of its new, more efficient EcoBoost engine in Ohio. As Green Car Advisor says, Ford couldn't have picked a better day. The new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine will ...

EcoBoost = good news: Ford will re-open Cleveland plant to build cleaner engines 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ford's EcoBoost engines are a fairly simple technology and, while they're certainly not going to achieve 100 mpg, these 3.5-liter V6 powerplants are ready right now and will be available in four 2010 models: the Lincoln MKS, Lincoln MKT, Ford Taurus SHO and Ford Flex. In fact, the 3.5L EcoBoost ...

Ford plans to offer a four-cylinder option in all of its cars 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Four cylinder engines have pretty much taken on the role of the best compromise between fuel efficiency and power, and recent advances in technology have allowed automakers to extract more and more power from smaller packages. Recognizing this fact, Ford has said that it will equip each of its cars ...

Chicago 2009: Ford Taurus SHO gets EcoBoost 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Super High Output. That moniker, shortened to the SHO acronym, has always had special meaning to fans of the original groundbreaking Ford Taurus. Now, those three letters take a greener tint as they signify that the latest version of Ford's mainstream family sedan has been granted the Blue ...

Next Focus could get 1.6L EcoBoost and 43 mpg 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

We're hoping to see a production version of the Lincoln Concept C from the Detroit Auto Show, but even if that particular model never sees the light of day, the 1.6L EcoBoost engine under the concept's hood is likely to see production in one form or another in a variety of models from Ford. One ...

The end is nigh: Turbo-four a possibility in 2013 F-150 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Ford F-150 A four cylinder engine in the F-150? What is the world coming to? Um, the realization that the price of gas isn't likely to go back down, that's what. Still, it was one thing when muscle car enthusiasts were told they may get a four cylinder ...


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