

Ford EcoBoost V6







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RE: Give rising prices another 5 years...
By VahnTitrio on 6/2/2011 12:37:08 PM , Rating: 2
At times it hard to explain to people outside the US (or people outside the Midwest at times) how necessary something large that can move a lot of stuff is. Towing is a necessity around here. There is no way any 4 cylinder engine will ever be used to tow my boat. I don't need a V8 to pull it (a V6 works just fine, although with the V8 on my brothers truck it definitely is much easier).

By acsa77 on 6/2/2011 2:05:13 PM , Rating: 2
If you need more towing capacity, there are also 2.4-2.5 diesel engines + capable transmissions for this. Not much more expensive than the 2.0-2.2 engines. And for really heavy duty you have still 3.0 diesels which decapitate you when flooring. With an average mileage of 27.

And about acceleration: even the most choked recent 2.0 diesels can easily keep up on highway - they are tuned for this, they have sophisticated charging and injection.

