Ford confirmed what car watchers have known what was coming all along from the blue-oval brand: A four-cylinder engine with the power of a six.
Posted 07.21.2009 at 11:20 am
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2009 Ford Escape SUV Insiders say Ford's new, twin-turbocharged four-cylinder engine producing more than 200 horsepower will first show up in the next-generation Escape SUV (2009 model shown).
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Ford's already said its twin-turbocharged Ecoboost V6, offered in the company's Taurus SHO, offers the power of a V8 with the fuel economy of a six. Now, take that down two cylinders. The company confirmed at a Dearborn press conference this morning it will build a four-cylinder version of its Ecoboost engine. Following on the company's engine calculus, that means the power of a six-cylinder engine with the fuel economy of a four.
The new Ecoboost will produce at least 230-horsepower and 240 pound-feet of torque, from a displacement of 2.0-liters. Edmunds says the Ecoboost may show up first in Ford's next Escape SUV, though the company hasn't announced anything yet, and there's no word on mileage ratings. What's next, a three-cylinder engine with the horsepower of a five, or does it only work with even numbers?
[via Edmunds Straightline Blog]
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So technically speaking, they should be able to get the power of a 4 cylinder out of a 3 cylinder, a smaller 4 cylinder, or maybe a large 2 cylinder engine, with better economy than that of the average 4 cylinder.
So... where's our consumer cars that can get 50-60 mpg at around 120hp??
sigh... why oh why do we continue to develop outdated, inefficient, harmful, and expensive fossil fuel powered cars, when hydrogen power has been in use in cars since the late 80's, early 90's. Why did Stan Meyer have to get poisioned by the Arabs before he could bring his plans to the world. Google it. Politics is the killer of inovation!
get 50-60 mpg...
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