timothyrw
01-07-2008, 03:02 PM
I don't work for Ford but I bet they'd love to know...
I remember taking part in an internet survey last year where they asked if I would be interested in a twin-turbocharged Mustang if itincreased gas mileage.
My response now, with stricter CAFE standards down theroad, if it's that ornothing,I'll take it.
Would you?
My guess is thatin a few yearsthey willintroduce the 3.5L twin turbocharged engine in the Mustang as an option to the V8.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=124186
"Called EcoBoost (http://blogs.edmunds.com/GreenCarAdvisor/159), the engine family (http://www.autoobserver.com/2008/01/fords-better-id.html) will include four- and six-cylinder variants. A 2.0-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost engine, earmarked for the Explorer America Concept (http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/detroit/2008/fordexploreramericaconcept.html) and other products, will deliver 275 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. A twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6, which will be used in the all-wheel-drive MKS, will make 340 hp and 340 lb-ft of torque.
Ford said the technology will provide a fuel-economy improvement of 20-30 percent over current engines — and is relatively affordable compared with diesels and hybrids. The EcoBoost range is designed to be used in a wide variety of applications, from small cars to large trucks."
http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshows/14491/ford-explorer-america-new-technology-page2.html
"Jim Farley, the former Toyota exec who now oversees Ford marketing, will have the challenge of selling consumers on data such as horsepower, torque (about 340 lb-ft in the V-6), and mpg figures, and convincing them the sound of a V-6 is the sound of saving money—even though the automaker also is working on making the V-6 sound like a V-8."
"Once Ford gets the ball rolling with the MKS, it plans to add EcoBoost technology to engines in 500,000 vehicles, including the new Flex, over the next five years, which means they will replace as much as 90 percent of the engines in the Ford family of vehicles today."
I remember taking part in an internet survey last year where they asked if I would be interested in a twin-turbocharged Mustang if itincreased gas mileage.
My response now, with stricter CAFE standards down theroad, if it's that ornothing,I'll take it.
Would you?
My guess is thatin a few yearsthey willintroduce the 3.5L twin turbocharged engine in the Mustang as an option to the V8.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=124186
"Called EcoBoost (http://blogs.edmunds.com/GreenCarAdvisor/159), the engine family (http://www.autoobserver.com/2008/01/fords-better-id.html) will include four- and six-cylinder variants. A 2.0-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost engine, earmarked for the Explorer America Concept (http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/detroit/2008/fordexploreramericaconcept.html) and other products, will deliver 275 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. A twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6, which will be used in the all-wheel-drive MKS, will make 340 hp and 340 lb-ft of torque.
Ford said the technology will provide a fuel-economy improvement of 20-30 percent over current engines — and is relatively affordable compared with diesels and hybrids. The EcoBoost range is designed to be used in a wide variety of applications, from small cars to large trucks."
http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshows/14491/ford-explorer-america-new-technology-page2.html
"Jim Farley, the former Toyota exec who now oversees Ford marketing, will have the challenge of selling consumers on data such as horsepower, torque (about 340 lb-ft in the V-6), and mpg figures, and convincing them the sound of a V-6 is the sound of saving money—even though the automaker also is working on making the V-6 sound like a V-8."
"Once Ford gets the ball rolling with the MKS, it plans to add EcoBoost technology to engines in 500,000 vehicles, including the new Flex, over the next five years, which means they will replace as much as 90 percent of the engines in the Ford family of vehicles today."