Other automakers were already offering turbocharged, direct-injected engines when Ford introduced a 365-hp, 3.5-liter V-6 with the two technologies, in the resurrected 2010 Taurus SHO (and as an option in that same year’s Ford Flex). No one else, however, had come up with a snappy, marketing name for the paired technologies the way Ford did: EcoBoost.
As turbocharging and direct injection spread to other Ford engines, so did the EcoBoost name, to the point that the company now offers EcoBoost-branded three-cylinder, four-cylinder, and V-6 units, total of seven different engines in all. They’ve grown so prolific that Ford recently assembled its 5-millionth EcoBoost powerplant, a 1.0-liter three-cylinder in a Focus.
EcoBoost engines are now offered in every Ford model, save the hybrid-only C-Max, the SuperDuty pickups, and the old E-series vans. They’re also in every Lincoln. Here’s the current rundown:
1.0-liter three-cylinder, 123 hp (Fiesta, Focus)
1.5-liter four-cylinder, 181 hp (Fusion)
1.6-liter four-cylinder, 178 hp (Escape, Transit Connect); 197 hp (Fiesta ST)
2.0-liter four-cylinder, 240 hp (Escape, Fusion, Taurus, 2015 Explorer, MKC, MKZ); 245 hp (Edge); 252 hp (Focus ST)
2.3-liter four-cylinder, 270 hp (est., 2016 Explorer), 285 hp (MKC), 310 hp (Mustang)
2.7-liter V-6, 315 hp (Edge), 325 hp (F-150), “330+” (2016 MKX)
3.5-liter V-6, 310 hp (Transit); 365 hp (Taurus SHO, Flex, Explorer, F-150, Expedition, MKS); 380 hp (Navigator)
- Performance Numbers: 2015 Ford Mustang GT vs. 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost
- Long-Term Road Test Wrap-Up: Ford Focus ST
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Naturally, some applications have been more successful than others. One criticism that has been levied at various EcoBoost engines—and many turbocharged engines in general—is that they often fall short of the advertised fuel economy unless driven very gingerly. It’s been said that one can have the Eco or the Boost, but not both at the same time. We’ve generally found them to be more successful at delivering performance than fuel economy. And, evidently, the potential for even greater performance exists. Maybe that’s why Ford will be using an EcoBoost V-6 in the upcoming Raptor pickup and in the new Ford GT.
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