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Ford's 3-cylinder EcoBoost wins International Engine of the Year

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Momentum continues to build in Dearborn, MI. Ford's 3-cylinder 'EcoBoost' engine has won top honors at the International Engine of the Year awards as the overall winner.

Voting was cast by 76 automotive journalists from 35 countries. It's the first time Ford has won International Engine of the Year in the award's 13-year history.

According to TheMotorReport.com, the win marks the second year in a row that a small engine has won. IEofY chairman Dean Slavnich says the fact that the small capacity engines continue to impress the most in overall terms, even against the larger higher performance engines, says a great deal about the direction of the automotive industry in recent years.

Chris Woodyard from USA...

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Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,320 Points:2,144,900 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jun 17, 2012 4:25:35 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Jun 16, 2012 6:42:00 AM, VPSNC wrote: >nice to have american company in a foreign country for a change. Henry Ford deployed local branches of the Ford Motor Company around the world about a hundred years ago... so it's nothing new. Government Motors did likewise, in fact profits from Australia and Asia were swamped out by losses in North America back when they were in trouble. >I wonder why this engine isn't available here yet? The applications for the three-cylinder EcoBoost aren't here yet.
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DandyDapple All-Star Author North Dakota Posts:715 Points:311,570 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2012 10:20:45 PM Ignore DandyDapple Report Abuse Now if they could do this for big trucks ...
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,014 Points:1,113,395 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2012 10:09:22 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse cheapmonkee ... my 94 gave me 54+ mpg driving uphill from Redding to Mt. Shasta on the I5, then back around on state highways through the mountains with two people in it..... I'd love to get that again.
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,014 Points:1,113,395 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2012 10:04:59 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse If it is better than the Metro engine.....great. The Metro engine was great.... very reliable.... easy to maintain...needed just oil changes and periodic tuneups...ran great and gave you more than 54 mpg highway.... Question is what has taken Ford so long. They (Ford) needed one of these cars decades ago to really replace the Fiesta (78-80) well....(got 49 mpg highway with that car....and had great power and performance).... [Edited by: Gnusman53 at 6/16/2012 10:06:38 PM EST]
cheapmonkee Champion Author Portland Posts:30,319 Points:3,172,385 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2012 5:33:32 PM Ignore cheapmonkee Report Abuse 1.0 liter 3 cylinder is all the power needed if one knows how to properly use a manual transmission. My 1994 Geo Metro barely had 50 horsepower and it was just fine going through hilly country. These EcoBoost have double the horsepower so I will be very interested in this car when it comes stateside. Metro Specs
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RalphHightower Champion Author South Carolina Posts:3,309 Points:690,455 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2012 4:15:42 PM Ignore RalphHightower Report Abuse It won't be too long before Ford will put in Honda 50cc engines in their cars...
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slowtrain Champion Author Georgia Posts:3,672 Points:949,875 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2012 8:00:57 AM Ignore slowtrain Report Abuse I've driven a 3 cylinder car before. They don't have enough power.
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