Demand for the Ford’s 1.0 litre EcoBoost three-cylinder engine is only set to increase – the company projects that the award-winning lump will account for 300,000 of the 480,000 EcoBoost equipped vehicles it’s hoping to produce annually by 2015.
With that, the Blue Oval has confirmed plans to double production of the engine at its Cologne Engine Plant to more than 1,000 engines a day from mid-August to meet the necessary take-up. Assembly also takes place in Craiova, Romania.
The 1.0 litre EcoBoost is of course a big winner for the company, having picked up the 2013 International Engine of The Year gong to make it two in a row after its maiden win last year. The company is certainly trumping up the virtues of the little mill, as the copy in the photo below shows.
In Europe, it’s currently offered in the Fiesta and B-MAX as well as the Focus, C-MAX and Grand C-MAX. Elsewhere, it equips the new EcoSport in India and China, and later this year will be offered in the Fiesta for the North American market.
It’s also set to feature in the facelifted Fiesta for the ASEAN market – the car was teased during the Bangkok Motor Show in March, and is set for introduction in the region later in the year, Malaysia included. Aside from the 1.0 EcoBoost, which will replace the 1.6 litre Ti-VCT in the lineup, the Fiesta will be offered with a 1.5 litre four-cylinder Ti-VCT unit.
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20-30 years ago its normal to see 2.0 – 3.0 liter engine. Nowdays only 1.0 – 1.5. In year 2050 maybe 325ml engine just like soda-can ?
maybe…powered by nuclear cell…not unlike the terminators
Or maybe something like Gundam 00, using GN drives aka solar furnace.
GN Drive engine, sounds tempting, is that possible with higg’s field?
I think it will not be approve as GN drives will produce minovsky particles where the radar can’t detect the car so if it is stolen you jialat. :p
Ford today definitely have several great products to offer to the public….
The only concern for their success in Msia is their DEALER – ie Sime Darby. Hope THEY just buck up and don’t screw up this time.
Upon the success of Ford ecoBoost maybe somewhere in near future the 660 will make its come back?
Small engine with forced induction will not last long..Bigger cc are built for a reason.They can jolly well say 1.0 3 cylinders produce 150hp/220nm but can the performance last long?Maintnance?Modern marvels of making more money.
That’s the world of capitalism, no company will want to produce aged proof product and forego repetitive business. After all, revenue is the key to business survival.
So what’s your solution to the fuel problem? Try to give constructive suggestion when you find an issue please. Have a good day ahead.
this is why Daihatsu 3cyl engine didnt receive best engine award. Japanese cannot doesnt means European cannot make it
For this horsepower and torque with small 3 cyld engine, it’s impressive, however, from not so reliable source “forum, blog” around the world, many complained about poor fc compared to what it advertised, a 1.5 hybrid Prius C has better fc in city driving. The reliability of this engine iss very bad….etc. I can’t tell if it’s true but for poor reliability, it does make sense. To force so much power from a tiny engine, there must be something undergoing very high stress, except they used very strong materials. And I understand why Japanese manufacture refused to force induction their mainstream vehicle, because they probably can’t sort out the way to prolong their engine lifespan. If they rushed out a engine to follow the trend, their engine will face problems like VW DSG. And Toyota and Honda will lose their “Never die” title which everybody agree. Even Mazda refused too, but they came out with a new way to improve N/A engine. And another point is, they know what the future trend will be, 100% electric vehicle. Hybrid vehicle played the role as the bridge between gasoline vehicle and EV. So, major manufacture can develop new battery with larger capacity in a smaller and lighter form without losing any money.
i think european manufacturer have more experience wt turbocharging due to their experience wt turbodiesels compared to the jap which concentrate on petrol. the euro have been building turbodiesels engines for ages, now they just applying the proven tech to petrol thru turbo petrols & direct injection….those are from diesels tech which they have been producing for years
First of all, VW DSG is not an engine.
Secondly, Toyota recently admitted that they’ve been lacking in the turbocharging technologies because they’ve put too much focus on the hybrid drive train. However, they are working on it and their own turbo tech will come out in the near future. Mazda didn’t wanted to use turbo not because of reliability issue, they wanted to stick to their horse rider one spirit philosophy and the turbo surge characteristics simply didn’t fit in the philosophy and hence they’ve chosen N/A.
Information out of forums and blogs are definitely interesting, mind showing your “finding”? Or else I will just label your comment as MISINFORMATION since there are quite some misinformation inside.
lol.. dsg is not an engine la bro..
This kind of efficient engine should be given car tax rebates eg. 10-20% less on excise duty.
Ini tidak, BN slap same rate 75% car excise duty to Proton ancient Campro engine makan minyak with much better fuel efficient engine.
Fuel Efficient and less fuel efficient car getting same 75% car tax…??? MANA BOLEH INI MACAM BN!
If based on the theory small engine with high output will have reliability issue. Then Proton’s turbocharged Campro should be very reliable :), since so little power coming out from this mild turbo engine?