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0Report: Ford F-150 EcoBoost hits 100,000 sales 1324734300
Ford bet big on the combination of light duty pickup trucks and boosted V6 power, and it appears the gamble has paid off. The Detroit News reports that Ford has reached 100,000 F-150 sales in 2011, just as the automaker promised it would. Overall, EcoBoost models accounted for 40 percent of all ...
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Report: 2012 Lincoln Navigator, 2013 MKS to get EcoBoost engines 1314827700
Listen up, Lincoln fans, it's time to gear up for an onslaught of seven new or substantially revised vehicles by 2014. Reportedly included in that mix is an assortment of vehicles focused on sipping less fuel than one might expect of a typical Lincoln. Ford's global product chief, Derrick Kuzak, ...
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Four-cylinder engines dominate in U.S.; V8s drop to just 17 percent 1311894120
Four cylinder engines have replaced sixes as the engine of choice for U.S. consumers, powering 43 percent of light vehicles sold in the first six months of 2011, according to IHS Automotive. Back in 2005, V6 engines were found under the hood of 43 percent of vehicles sold, but rising fuel prices ...
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Four-cylinder engines power 65.4% of cars built in 2010 1296651840
Back in 2008, soaring gas prices sent car buyers in search of efficient four-cylinder vehicles and, as the numbers show, sales of V6 and V8 engines dropped from 63.9 percent to 57.1 percent when gas prices spiked. Though elevated fuel costs may have triggered the increased demand for ...
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Video: Ford yanks F-150 EcoBoost 'hero' engine out of Baja racer ahead of NAIAS teardown 1294415940
Ford pulls its "hero" Ecoboost V6 – Click above to watch video after the jumpFord has finally pulled the Ecoboost V6 engine from its Baja racer in preparation for the mill's tear down at the Detroit Auto Show. This particular lump has seen several lifetimes worth of abuse, from skidding ... -
USA Today: Four-cylinder engines powered nearly half of all new car sales last month 1274446920
Along with eight-cylinder engines and manual transmissions, six-cylinder motors appear to be on the outs, relatively speaking. In the first quarter of this year, USA Today notes that four-cylinder lumps made up 46.5 percent of new car sales, almost a five percent jump over the same period last ...
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Chrysler kicks off production of Pentastar V6 engine, touts fuel efficiency improvements 1269089100
Chrysler Pentastar V6 engine begins production – Click above for high-res image galleryThe artist engine formerly known as Prince Phoenix has officially hit the assembly lines at the Chrysler Group's plant in Trenton, MI. The first version of the mill, which now bears the Pentastar ... -
Once lowly four-cylinder gains market dominance over bigger engines 1269010920
Mini Cooper four-cylinder engine - Click above for high-res imageBack in 2008, skyrocketing gasoline prices sent car buyers in search of efficient four-cylinder vehicles. As the numbers show, sales of V6 and V8 engines dropped from 63.9 percent to 57.1 percent during the gas price hike. This was ... -
Land Rovers to get same new diesel V6 as Jaguar XF, but not here 1231335120
The Jaguar 3.0L V6 diesel engine that we learned about last week will also find a home under the hood of the leaping cats corporate siblings at Land Rover. The Land Rover Discovery (now sold in the US as the LR3) and the Range Rover Sport will both get the V6 in 237 hp and 272 hp flavors, ...
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VIDEO: Renault's new diesel V6 1227198060
Although it was first announced during the latest Paris Motor Show, Renault has just unveiled new details of its all-new V6 engine. The engine,based on the 2.0-liter 4-cylinders, was developed in-house at the Rueil-Malmaison location in France, although it's going to be built in the Cléon, ...

