VICE President of the global product development at Ford Group, Derrick Kuzak confirmed that car manufacturer Ford in Dearborn will offer a turbocharged EcoBoost engines in 90% of the vehicles that were produced in the United States in 2013.
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Ford Motor CompanyFrom a variety of EcoBoost engine offered later, Ford asserted that is currently undertaking a three-cylinder EcoBoost engine development in capacity of 1.0 liters. This is the smallest machine in the range of machines manufactured by Ford, which is planned to be used in a number of their vehicles around the world.
Not yet known how the amount of output and how efficient performance that can be created by this cute machine, but Joe Bakaj who served as vice president of Global Powertrain Engineering Ford said that the ability of these machines will be equivalent to 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine but with better efficiency.
Bakaj penigkatan also said that the fuel efficiency of this engine, exactly the same as the percentage of efficiency created by EcoBoost 3.5-liter V6 engine, compared with the use of normally aspirated V8 engine.
Parties Ford promised to release specification 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine is the latest in automotive exhibitions in Germany, Frankfurt Motor Show this year, including information on any vehicle that will utilize the machine.
Because Ford's compare this engine with 1.6 liter engines in America are used on the Ford Fiesta, an estimated three-cylinder EcoBoost engine turbo 1.0-liter capacity it will be used also at the Fiesta in America.
Ford also announced that they are developing 8-speed automatic transmission is the latest self-designed and executed at the Ford factory. Bakaj stated that the new 8-speed transmission is smooth and the response will present the best in its class.
