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  • 2011 Ford F-150 with EcoBoost puts down the power [modern V6 = V8 power + 23 mpg]

    09/23/2010 6:21:41 AM PDT · by wolf78 · 77 replies
    autoblog ^ | Sep 22nd 2010 | Jeremy Korzeniewski
    We're still a few days away from being able to share driving impressions of the 2011 Ford F-150 pickup and, more specifically, the Blue Oval's four new heavy-hauling powerplants for the '11 season. What we can share, however, are some pictures we snapped while Ford showed off what its truck was capable of. We're especially impressed with the latest application of Ford's EcoBoost technology. As you're already aware, the 3.5-liter twin-turbo powerplant puts down 365 horsepower and a more-than-ample 420 pound-feet of torque. What those black-and-white figures don't tell you, though, is how smartly the EcoBoost engine moves the full-size...
  • Ford's EcoBoost engine excites marketer

    01/05/2008 9:50:29 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 37 replies · 154+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/5/08 | Dee-Ann Durbin - ap
    DEARBORN, Mich. - Soon after Jim Farley became Ford Motor Co.'s marketing chief after a 17-year career at Toyota, he took a spin in a subcompact with Ford's new direct-injection, turbocharged engine. "I couldn't wipe the smile off my face," Farley said. "I've never driven a Toyota like that, ever. The torque, out of that kind of displacement — in this case a 4-cylinder — was shocking." It's a good thing he feels that way, because one of Farley's first and most critical assignments as vice president of global marketing will be to sell Ford's engine — dubbed EcoBoost —...