Ford is planning to more than triple its manufacturing
output for the new EcoBoost range of engines by 2015 in Europe which implies
they believe in the effective of the impression engines ability. This means the
production count would go from 141,000 in 2011 to approximately 480,000 a year
by 2015.
Of the 480,000, more than 135,000 will be cars equipped with
the 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine, manufactured in Bridgend, Wales which
impressively pumps out 150 BHP and has a combined fuel consumption of 47.1 MPG
in the current Ford Focus.
Between 2012 and 2015, Ford are planning to produce more
than 1.3 Million EcoBoost engines for the European market with 800,000of these
being the low-CO2 1.0 litre engines that are produced in new plant in Craiova,
Romania and in Cologne, Germany. During this time around of the 800,000 1.6 engines
will be produced in Bridgend.
"Our plans to expand EcoBoost availability are aggressive,
but we believe as customers experience this engine family, they'll understand
why," said Sherif Marakby, powertrain director, Ford of Europe.
"We're at the cutting edge of innovation and the 1.0-litre engine, for
example, cannot be matched for its balance of efficiency, power and
refinement." He added.
What is EcoBoost? Well the engine technology was developed
by UK powertrain engineers at the Ford Dunton Technical Centre and Ford
Dagenham engine plant. It is an engine designed to produce a great deal of
power from small engines by having substantially reduced fuel consumption and
emissions at the same time.
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