Ford to build 4 cylinder version of EcoBoost engine

After a V6 EcoBoost is launched in the Lincoln MKS next year, a 4 cylinder version will follow

By Alex Ricciuti
December 16, 2008 7:18 PM
Filed Under: American, Ford, Technology

Ford hasn't even delivered on the promised V6 EcoBoost engine and already they have a 4 banger version coming too.

According to the Detroit News Auto Insider, Ford is working on an EcoBoost version of its basic 2.0 liter engine block. No details have been made available as to the power output of the 2.0 liter EcoBoost - a 4 cylinder, direct-injection, turbocharged engine. What is known is that it will likely make its debut in the Ford Fusion in 2010.

Ford may also be developing an EcoBoost version of the 1.4 liter, a naturally aspirated engine currently in use in its European model range.

The V6 EcoBoost is a 3.5 liter engine that, according to Ford, promises the power of a V8 and is aimed at providing greater fuel economy for larger vehicles. The V6 EcoBoost is slated to go into service on the upcoming 2010 Lincoln MKS, which will be launched in mid-2009.

Direct-injection gasoline engines, combined with turbocharging, are nothing new in Europe. But those technologies are still new or a rarity in the volume US market. And one wonders why the Big 3 are in such trouble?

Source: Detroit News

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Comments

_M7_

December 16, 2008 7:49 PM

pfff its just a direct injection engine...this tecnology its old

benz_man

December 16, 2008 9:19 PM

You should "just" begin writing the complex algorithms required for this technology, and we'll see how "old" you are before it gets completed. DI is still cutting edge. Infiniti hasn't even adopted it to the VQ yet. It isn't easy or cheap to mass produce. Give them a break.

rickyb

December 16, 2008 7:55 PM

my car already comes with the direct injection. feel sad for the "Little" 3

car-o-bar

December 16, 2008 8:42 PM

Ahaaa...! Why did I not think of earlier? Oh that's right, I make Ford F 150, the best selling vehicle in North America, more than any other car or truck.

Nurchus

December 16, 2008 9:42 PM

So uhm... CO2 is harmful? They consider it a greenhouse gas which ultimately leads to global warming (puts tinfoil hat on). But... doesn't water vapor do the same thing? (takes off tinfoil hat)

DI is not new, nor is it well accepted by everyone in the auto industry.