Comments on: Ford Focus BEV concept unveiled at Frankfurt

By: dc360

dc360 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:34:38 +0000

ford are seriously shooting themselves in the foot with the ecoboost falcon. A small high tech engine in a heavy 6cyl V8 body will spend a lot of time at full boost. During these conditions the engine management will really deliver alot of fuel to produce power, ask mazda C7 owners what their consumption figures are. The C7 is very similar regarding power to weight and engine technology. Ford should totally follow holdens sidi technology. Develop a silky smooth 3.0 or 3.2ltr engine inline six which revs happily. The german 6 speed auto with tweeked ratios will be the perfect partner. Ford already manages 9.9ltr with a non direct injected 4.0ltr. So figures of low 9s or even high 8s could be achieved and keep the true falcon traits.

By: Minnow

Minnow — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:37:52 +0000

The 4cyl will be 147kw with peak torque available from below 1500rpm and fuel consumption around 8L

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:08:42 +0000

Given that max torque is reached at 1500rpm for the 2L ecoboost, I doubt you’ll need to rev the guts out of it anymore than you have to rev the SIDI engined Commodores. This isn’t the 80′s anymore.

By: Shak

Shak — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:31:13 +0000

The Volt has been guaranteed for one and it hsant been proven if the EcoBoost will acheive the quoted figure. The SIDI Commodore is here now and not some Ford dream of the future(remember Focus production, that was also guaranteed.) Even though i hate Toyota i have to agree that the Camry wont be much more expensive than a conventional petrol powered dishwasher. Oh and BTW you’ll probably have to rev the nuts off the Ecoboost to get results becasue something that small moving something that heavy isnt likely to end well.

By: Lexustime

Lexustime — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:00:33 +0000

Ford have great products, the Falcon and Territory are best in class stuff and the new engines are going to give them a new lease of life. I just think that Ford AU lost an opportunity with turning down the Focus, especially with the amount of technical development going into that platform. The small car class is huge and growing, plus I see electric or hybrid small cars becoming more prevalent and in-turn growing small car sales even higher. Without export markets for the Falcon and Territory Im just worried that Ford missed a rare opportunity to get some volume into their local manufacturing.

By: thenameless

thenameless — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:32:12 +0000

Stupid Ford???
You’re kidding right..
- 4cyl Eco-boost direct injection Falcon with better economy than a 4cyl Camry and SIDI Commodore.
- Hybrid Camry will be expensive, 4cyl Falcon will not.
- LPG Falcon, diesel Territory

And not to mention the fact that the Volt is not a sure thing for Australia. How will it sell? Probably not enought to justify building it here.
Ford has made a wise decision.

By: Lexustime

Lexustime — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:02:23 +0000

Stupid of Ford to reverse the decision to build Focus in Australia. Electric is where its heading and with Toyota building camry hybrid here and the possibility of an electric Cruze or Volt being built by Holden I can see Ford AU being left behind.