Ford Motor Company is introducing a new technology called ecoboost that will deliver up to 20 percent better fuel economy on half a million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles annually in North America during the next five years. The ecoboost family of 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines features turbocharging and direct injection technology. Compared with more expensive hybrids and diesel engines, ecoboost builds upon today’s affordable gasoline engine and improves it, providing more customers with a way to improve fuel economy and emissions without compromising driving performance. Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s group vice president of Global Product Development explains ecoboost and the company’s sustainability plan in this video.
Originally posted 2010-03-27 11:12:13.
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Its not intended to be a sales video to keep your short attention span.
Actually, it’s the Fusion, Milan, and MKZ.
The MKS is the Lincoln Taurus.
none. 0. GM has nothing to match this. This is the holy grail for FF performance. It’s about time someone actually puts it into serious production.
mks is bigger. mkz is the cross-branded fusion. both very nice tho. and make sure you get SYNC!!! I cant live without it.
“…340 plus hp, and 340 lb ft of torque…” There’s a good application for front wheel drive!!
yeah now they own a whopping 13% of mazda.
If I have to listen or watch anymore of this power point presentation I’m gonna throw up. This is not how you interest buyers. And why did they pick this old guy to present it. He sounds monotone and and does not seem enthusiastic about his own product that he is presenting.
I doubt it was the 335i.
They run 0-60 in the low 5’s high 4’s even with the automatic…
Chevy doesn’t use ecoboost, they use Ecotec (sp?). Right now chevy has 2 main versions, both 4 banger; the 2.0l turbo and the 2.4l naturally aspirated, both of which are used in sky (redline), solstice (gxp), cobalt (ss) HHR (ss), and a couple others. Ford will have the leg up with the v6, but expect chevy to combat this with its own turbo v6 soon, at least thats what I predict.
Fans of the SHO are used to seeing yamaha make the engine. will this be acceptable?
Bring Back the SHO SHO SHO SHO SHO SHO SHO SHO SHO SHO SHO…
Lol…, that’s a good one! GM still uses pushrod engines. Some of them have direct injection, though…which, are good.
The L. MKS is using the same platform with the V. S80, M. Sable and, F. Taurus.
Lol…, Mazda? Ford owns Mazda! If it wasn’t for Ford…, where would Mazda get it’s car designs? Also…, as soon as, the “EcoBoost” engine comes out…, watch how Mazda starts requesting for them in their vehicles! One the other hand…, GM is questionable! Maybe they’re already using that tech….or, not. I’m not sure!
You made a good point with, what you were saying…until, you called the “Ecoboost” engine a joke! I believe, that’s going to be a great Ford engine in the coming yrs.!
Lol…, that’s a good one!
No they’re not! The MKS shares the same platform as the Volvo S80, M. Sable and, F. Taurus.
The point of direct injection is that you can inject the fuel right before combustion. This isn’t possibly with traditional injection since the valves are closed during the compression stroke. If you inject the fuel right before combustion you can raise the compression ratio without as much worry about pre-ignition. So tada problem solved, higher compression ratios, regular gas, and lots of power. This is the whole point of direct injection.
Ford… a whole lot of absolutely NOTHING.
Their initiatives just suck. They offer absolutely nothing substantial to save fuel at ALL! It’s purely and utterly bogus bogus and more bogus.
NONE. Chevy doesn’t have technology, sorry.
The MKS looks great in this video. I can’t wait until Ford puts this engine into the MKS, along with the new Taurus SHO, Fusion, ect..
fusion and milan are similar to mkz not mks. mks is bigger
is it coming out for the 2010 taurus SHO?
great tech… any idea if it’s coming out on the 2010 fusion considering the fusion, milan, and mks are basically the exact same car.
I love watching that Taurus spanking the Caddy and The BMW!