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Ford to introduce 2 & 3 cylinder engines

September 16, 2009 by Matt Brogan  




Ford is set to introduce its smallest turbocharged engine yet next year, with even tinier engines on the way.

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Two- and three-cylinder units, with displacements of 1.0-litres or less, are currently in the pipeline with the technology as close as three years away.

“I think you’ll see all of those things roll out,” said Ms Barb Samardzich, Vice President of Powertrain Engineering at Ford in the US. “It’s more than experimental.”

Ms Samardzich didn’t clarify a timetable for the engines introduction, nor did she specify which markets or vehicles would be first to receive the low capacity units, but common sense would dictate that small European hatches, such as the Ka and Fiesta, would be likely candidates.

Meanwhile, in 2010 Ford will introduce a new 1.6-litre, four-cylinder engine with its EcoBoost turbocharging and direct-injection technology. The engine will go on sale late next year on the next-generation Ford C-Max minivan.

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Ford will sell the seven-seat Grand C-Max, the larger of the two body styles, in North America beginning around late 2011. But executives aren’t saying whether the 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine will power the Grand C-Max in North America.

The 1.6-litre unit is intended to replace naturally aspirated, large I-4 engines, with similar torque values to that of a 2.5-litre in-line four.

Ford says that by 2013 it will sell 1.3 million EcoBoost-equipped vehicles per year globally.

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Comments

13 Responses to “Ford to introduce 2 & 3 cylinder engines”
  1. evoman says:

    1.6L ecoboost needs to go in a XR4 ! the new fiesta zetec is a great car, i hope they take it further by introducing a performance model in the form of a new XR4, heres hoping.

  2. Škoda Freak says:

    2 Cyl?!? Does that mean they’ll sound like those noisy pieces of garbage better known as Harleys? Or maybe a John Deere ride-on with a V-twin Briggs & Stratton? :)

  3. OMG says:

    Should do well in the Falcon, yeah

    • Big Oil says:

      Absolutely. One engine for each wheel. It’s the new XR8! Just don’t tell anyone it’s actually 4 x 2 cylinder engines.

  4. JEKYL & HYDE says:

    here’s one good way of selling a 4cyl falcon,mention that a 2cyl version is on the way….

    • mike says:

      careful J & H,
      the ford fan boys will out collecting stones to stone you with, the good news is…. they’ll be really really small stones or maybe just grains of sand thrown really fast…….

  5. AAA says:

    The 2 cyl engine would shake like mad yeah?

  6. Pusa says:

    Holden fans cut about their V8s being killed by a 6

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