Ford will soon build a 1 litre three cylinder version of its EcoBoost engine for small cars around the world. The whole EcoBoost idea — build smaller engines that get better fuel economy but maintain the power of their larger ancestors with turbocharging and direct fuel injection — has been a winner so far for Ford, with 180,000 EcoBoost-powered vehicles in North America to date. Derrick Kuzak, head of Ford's global vehicle development, says 90% of Ford's lineup will have an Ecoboost option by 2013.
The 1 litre three cylinder version was shown in china at the 'Ford Start' concept last year. Ford says it expects the 1 litre to make the same power and torque as a 1.6 litre four cylinder engine in a Ford Fiesta which makes 120hp today. It has been 2 years in development and Ford will finally announce the engines release date at Frankfurt Autoshow in September.
The motor is small for American cars, but similar to the European Fiat 500 two-cylinder engine capable of achieving almost 60 mpg.
Ford is also at work on an eight-speed automatic transmission it claims will boost fuel efficiency up to another four percent.
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