Ford Ecoboost Engines
Smaller engines for real mileage
Fuel-saving technology does nothing for an overheated planet if only a handful of drivers use it. So Ford is aiming for up to 20 percent cuts in CO2 emissions by putting EcoBoost engines in 90 percent of its models by 2013. EcoBoost uses direct-injection and turbocharging to squeeze more power out of smaller, more efficient engines, replacing V8s with V6s and V6s with four-cylinders. A twin-turbocharged V6 EcoBoost arrives in the 2009 Lincoln MKS luxury sedan; a four-cylinder comes to other models in 2010. ford.com
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since this uses less gass without any sacrifice--
this gets my GREEN N' SMART seal of aproval
from bennett, co
Ford is just one of the companies that has doing this with diesel engines for years in Europe. It shouldn't have taken anybody this long to do it to a gasoline engine. Aircraft engines manufacturers have been doing it for decades. Why couldn't auto makers see it?