Ford announces 1.6-L and two smaller future engines
Posted Wednesday, Sep 16, 2009, 12:53 pm in Employee News
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Ford Motor Co. will introduce its smallest turbocharged engine yet next year, and even smaller ones (including two- and three-cylinder versions) in the future, the automaker told Automotive News.
Barb Samardzich, Ford vice president of powertrain engineering, said two- and three-cylinder engines and engines with displacements of 1.0 liter or below are possible.
Samardzich wouldn’t talk about a timetable for such small engines or specify in what markets or vehicles they would first appear. But the Automotive News says it makes sense that engines of that size would first be introduced in markets where small vehicles dominate.
The story also says Ford will introduce a new 1.6-liter, four-cylinder engine with its EcoBoost turbocharging and direct-injection technology in 2010. The engine will go on sale late next year on the next-generation Ford C-Max, a family of Focus-derived small minivans. (Automotive News)
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