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03-30-2014, 02:35 PM
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Ohio is a hot area for Ford (http://autoblog.com/ford/) at the moment with the announcement just a few weeks ago that production (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/27/ford-f-series-medium-duty-production-ohio-mexico/) of the next-generation F-650/F-750 (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/04/ford-unveils-all-new-2016-f-650-f-750-ntea/) medium-duty trucks would move from Mexico to the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, Ohio. Now, Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) is investing $500 million to hire 300 workers at its Lima Engine Plant in Lima, Ohio, to add production of the twin-turbo 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 for the 2015 F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150/).
The latest investment will be used to add a new flexible engine assembly system and renovate 700,000 square feet of the plant for machining and assembly areas. The Lima factory already builds Ford's 3.5-liter and 3.7-liter Duratec V6 engines. The plant opened in 1957, and it's on track to build its 40 millionth engine later this year.
Ford claims that the 2.7-liter EcoBoost will offer V8 performance with better efficiency in the F-150. It comes standard with intelligent stop/start that doesn't activate when the truck is towing or in four-wheel drive, and it's made from a combination of compacted graphite iron and aluminum for low weight and high strength. The company says that V6 engines have already proven popular in the F-150 with 57 percent of trucks in 2014 being equipped with either the naturally aspirated 3.7-liter or turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost engines.
The new F-150 is scheduled to hit the market in the fourth quarter of this year, (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-ford-f-150-debuts-aluminum-2-7-ecoboost/) and it will be offered with the naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6, 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6, 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 and 5.0-liter V8. Scroll down (http://www.mnfords.com/2014/03/30/ford-lima-engine-investment/#continued) to read the full press release.Continue reading Ford investing $500M in engine plant for 2.7L EcoBoost production (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/30/ford-lima-engine-investment/)
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Ohio is a hot area for Ford (http://autoblog.com/ford/) at the moment with the announcement just a few weeks ago that production (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/27/ford-f-series-medium-duty-production-ohio-mexico/) of the next-generation F-650/F-750 (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/04/ford-unveils-all-new-2016-f-650-f-750-ntea/) medium-duty trucks would move from Mexico to the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, Ohio. Now, Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) is investing $500 million to hire 300 workers at its Lima Engine Plant in Lima, Ohio, to add production of the twin-turbo 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 for the 2015 F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150/).
The latest investment will be used to add a new flexible engine assembly system and renovate 700,000 square feet of the plant for machining and assembly areas. The Lima factory already builds Ford's 3.5-liter and 3.7-liter Duratec V6 engines. The plant opened in 1957, and it's on track to build its 40 millionth engine later this year.
Ford claims that the 2.7-liter EcoBoost will offer V8 performance with better efficiency in the F-150. It comes standard with intelligent stop/start that doesn't activate when the truck is towing or in four-wheel drive, and it's made from a combination of compacted graphite iron and aluminum for low weight and high strength. The company says that V6 engines have already proven popular in the F-150 with 57 percent of trucks in 2014 being equipped with either the naturally aspirated 3.7-liter or turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost engines.
The new F-150 is scheduled to hit the market in the fourth quarter of this year, (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/13/2015-ford-f-150-debuts-aluminum-2-7-ecoboost/) and it will be offered with the naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6, 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6, 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 and 5.0-liter V8. Scroll down (http://www.mnfords.com/2014/03/30/ford-lima-engine-investment/#continued) to read the full press release.Continue reading Ford investing $500M in engine plant for 2.7L EcoBoost production (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/30/ford-lima-engine-investment/)
Ford investing $500M in engine plant for 2.7L EcoBoost production (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/30/ford-lima-engine-investment/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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