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05-06-2010, 08:40 AM
Filed under: Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Lincoln (http://www.autoblog.com/category/lincoln/)
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While Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) is working on plenty of hybrid and electric vehicles, its big bet for meeting the new corporate average fuel economy standards is EcoBoost, and so far customers appear to like it. Since launching the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 last summer as an alternative to larger V8s, Ford has sold about 10,000 units of the Lincoln MKS (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mks) and MKT (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mkt) along with the Ford Flex (http://www.autoblog.com/model/flex) and Taurus SHO (http://www.autoblog.com/model/taurus+sho). A quality study by RDA Group of Bloomfield Hills, MI, indicates that early adopters are almost universally satisfied with the performance and operation of these engines.
The gasoline turbocharged direct injected EcoBoost engines are designed to replace larger displacement powerplants with smaller, lighter units that provide similar output with greater efficiency. We can't comment on the methodology of this particular study, but so far we have loved the EcoBoost engines that we've tried. Over the remainder of 2010, Ford will be rapidly expanding EcoBoost availability with the 3.5 going into the F150 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/f150) and a 2.0-liter inline four going into the 2011 Edge (http://www.autoblog.com/model/edge) and Explorer (http://www.autoblog.com/model/explorer).
[Source: Ford]Continue reading Who needs a V8? Survey says customers love Ford EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/who-needs-a-v8-survey-says-customers-love-ford-ecoboost/)
Who needs a V8? Survey says customers love Ford EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/who-needs-a-v8-survey-says-customers-love-ford-ecoboost/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 06 May 2010 10:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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While Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) is working on plenty of hybrid and electric vehicles, its big bet for meeting the new corporate average fuel economy standards is EcoBoost, and so far customers appear to like it. Since launching the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 last summer as an alternative to larger V8s, Ford has sold about 10,000 units of the Lincoln MKS (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mks) and MKT (http://www.autoblog.com/model/mkt) along with the Ford Flex (http://www.autoblog.com/model/flex) and Taurus SHO (http://www.autoblog.com/model/taurus+sho). A quality study by RDA Group of Bloomfield Hills, MI, indicates that early adopters are almost universally satisfied with the performance and operation of these engines.
The gasoline turbocharged direct injected EcoBoost engines are designed to replace larger displacement powerplants with smaller, lighter units that provide similar output with greater efficiency. We can't comment on the methodology of this particular study, but so far we have loved the EcoBoost engines that we've tried. Over the remainder of 2010, Ford will be rapidly expanding EcoBoost availability with the 3.5 going into the F150 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/f150) and a 2.0-liter inline four going into the 2011 Edge (http://www.autoblog.com/model/edge) and Explorer (http://www.autoblog.com/model/explorer).
[Source: Ford]Continue reading Who needs a V8? Survey says customers love Ford EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/who-needs-a-v8-survey-says-customers-love-ford-ecoboost/)
Who needs a V8? Survey says customers love Ford EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/who-needs-a-v8-survey-says-customers-love-ford-ecoboost/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 06 May 2010 10:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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