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Ford Formula Racer with 202HP 1.0-liter EcoBoost Records 11th Fastest Time at the 'Ring [w/Video]
Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine, which is offered in two states of tune in Europe with 99HP (100PS) and 123HP (125PS), may be small in size, but with some tender loving care in the appropriate vehicle, it can prove to be feisty as a cornered cat. The Blue Oval's engineers wanted to display the potential of the EcoBoost engine by modifying the three-cylinder force-fed unit and placing it in a Formula Ford racecar to lap the Nürburgring’s famed Nordschleife circuit.
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Ford To Offer 2014 Fiesta Facelift With 1.0-liter Three-cylinder Ecoboost In The U.s.
We knew it was coming but now Ford has confirmed the arrival of its 1.0-liter turbocharged three-cylinder gasoline engine Stateside in the redesigned Fiesta that was revealed at this year's Paris auto show and which will go on sale in the U.S. early...
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Ford To More Than Triple Production Of Ecoboost–powered Vehicles In Europe By 2015
In an aggressive move, Ford has revealed plans to more than triple the annual production of vehicles fitted with EcoBoost petrol engines in Europe from 141,000 units in 2011 to around 480,000 by 2015. Ford said that more than 300,000 of those cars will...
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Ford Focus Gets New 1.0-liter Turbo Ecoboost With Up To 123hp In Europe, Replaces 1.6-liter Units
Ford continues to downsize its engines in order to reduce consumption and lower CO2 emissions with the presentation of a brand-new 1.0-liter, three-cylinder EcoBoost petrol unit on its Focus family car range in Europe. The new turbocharged engine replaces...
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Ford’s Smallest Production Engine Ever: The New 1.0-liter Ecoboost Three-cylinder Gasoline Unit
It took the Ford Motor Company a very long time to jump aboard the turbocharged engine bandwagon for mainstream, non-sport models, but now the Detroit automaker is going full speed ahead with the presentation of a full range of force-fed gasoline powerplants....
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Ford To Introduce 1.6-liter Ecoboost Turbo Petrol Engines With Direct Injection In 2010
If there's one thing someone could hold against Ford of Europe that is the absence of any noteworthy gasoline engines in its range other than the 2.5-liter turbocharged 5-cylinder unit. Ford is one of the last European manufacturers to take advantage...
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