Ford confirms Explorer, F-150 EcoBoost, ups production target to 1.5M
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Ford confirms Explorer, F-150 EcoBoost, ups production target to 1.5M
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/12/s...ps-production/
This Tuesday, Ford's VP of global powertrain development, Barb Samardzich, will be addressing the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit, and Ecoboost technology will again be at the top of her agenda. Samardzich will confirm that before the end of this year three more Ecoboost engines will be in production at Ford, including the 1.6-liter inline-four due to be built at the Bridgend plant in Wales and debut in the new C-Max people mover.
At the Chicago Auto Show it was announced that the new 2.0-liter inline-four will go into the 2011 Edge and during Tuesday's address Samardzich will also confirm that turbo'd four-pot will find its way into the new unibody Explorer as well. That installation should come as no surprise since just such a combination was listed as a powertrain for the Explorer America concept that debuted at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show when Ecoboost was originally announced.
The final announcement (and one of the worst kept secrets in the industry) will be the confirmation that the 2011 F150 will be available with a 3.5-liter V6 Ecoboost. This will be the first rear-drive Ecoboost application, and brings the total number of announced Ecoboosted vehicles to eight (nine if you count C-Max and Grand C-Max). However, Ford is saying there will be 11 Ecoboost vehicles this year, with the Lincoln MKX one likely candidate for the 2.0-liter and the Mondeo may get one of the four cylinder units as well.
Samardzich will also announce that Ford has upped its Ecoboost production target from 1.3 million to 1.5 million by 2013 – not bad when you consider when Ecoboost was first announced Ford was targeting 750,000 units.
At the Chicago Auto Show it was announced that the new 2.0-liter inline-four will go into the 2011 Edge and during Tuesday's address Samardzich will also confirm that turbo'd four-pot will find its way into the new unibody Explorer as well. That installation should come as no surprise since just such a combination was listed as a powertrain for the Explorer America concept that debuted at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show when Ecoboost was originally announced.
The final announcement (and one of the worst kept secrets in the industry) will be the confirmation that the 2011 F150 will be available with a 3.5-liter V6 Ecoboost. This will be the first rear-drive Ecoboost application, and brings the total number of announced Ecoboosted vehicles to eight (nine if you count C-Max and Grand C-Max). However, Ford is saying there will be 11 Ecoboost vehicles this year, with the Lincoln MKX one likely candidate for the 2.0-liter and the Mondeo may get one of the four cylinder units as well.
Samardzich will also announce that Ford has upped its Ecoboost production target from 1.3 million to 1.5 million by 2013 – not bad when you consider when Ecoboost was first announced Ford was targeting 750,000 units.
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nice but i cant help but get this thought in my head:
Taurus SHO owner: "yep! i got a new SHO with the 365hp Ecoboost twin turbo V6! it hauls ***!"
2011 F150 owner: "oh thats nice, my supercab F150 has the same engine."
Taurus SHO owner: "yep! i got a new SHO with the 365hp Ecoboost twin turbo V6! it hauls ***!"
2011 F150 owner: "oh thats nice, my supercab F150 has the same engine."
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Many companies utilize the same engines across vehicle ranges.
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i mean like the SHO models before 2010 for example. they all had engines that werent shared with any other vehicle. with the 2010, that engine is inside other Ford vehicles now and more to come. i just think its gonna be a bit weird having a sport or high performance edition of something with a special name with the ecoboost engine, but then u have something like a Ford F-150 XL with that same engine. i mean im not knocking the idea because id like to see a EB F150, but just saying.
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I don't think EcoBoost will be a base model on F-150. In fact, 3.5L EcoBoost is more powerful than both 4.6Ls. So F-150 FX2 with EcoBoost will be the closest thing we have to SVT Lightning.
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It'll be NICE in the F-150, its not a bottom feeder setup
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i mean like the SHO models before 2010 for example. they all had engines that werent shared with any other vehicle. with the 2010, that engine is inside other Ford vehicles now and more to come. i just think its gonna be a bit weird having a sport or high performance edition of something with a special name with the ecoboost engine, but then u have something like a Ford F-150 XL with that same engine. i mean im not knocking the idea because id like to see a EB F150, but just saying.
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