2013 Ford Focus Electric Review

The Focus ST’s new 2.zero-liter EcoBoost® 4-cylinder engine is certified at 32 mpg freeway - higher than its guide-equipped competition within the Volkswagen GTI and MazdaSpeed3.

“We’re placing the ‘energy’ within the power of alternative, again,” said Raj Nair, Ford group vice chairman, World Product Development. “This is just one more instance of the ‘win-win’ within the Focus ST narrative. This type of performance combined with these high ranges of effectivity sets a brand new benchmark with this car.”

The choice of power

In contrast with the previous-generation Ford Focus, which last made a hundred and forty horsepower and 136 lb.-ft. of torque, Focus ST offers up only three mpg on the freeway however positive factors 112 horsepower and 134 lb.-ft. of torque for a complete of 252 horsepower and 270 lb.-ft.

 As another comparability, the base Focus 2.0-liter engine now makes 160 horsepower and 146 lb.-ft. of torque, but achieves as a lot as forty mpg on the highway - one other example of how Ford is delivering world-class gas economy and performance.

EcoBoost rising

Whereas Focus ST is the primary four-cylinder efficiency EcoBoost engine, gasoline-environment friendly EcoBoost powertrains are actually a mainstay in Ford’s lineup. Ford’s annual EcoBoost manufacturing will grow to nearly 1.6 million engines globally by 2013.

On the opposite finish of the spectrum from the Focus ST’s 2.zero-liter EcoBoost is the 1.zero-liter EcoBoost - Ford’s smallest, quietest engine ever - that arrives in one of many firm’s U.S. small cars subsequent year. Already on sale in the European Focus, the 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine was named the 2012 Worldwide Engine of the Yr last month.

Additional 1.6-, 2.zero- and 3.5-liter EcoBoost engines are already obtainable on Escape, Explorer, Edge, F-150, Flex, Fusion, Police Interceptor sedan and utility autos, and Taurus. EcoBoost provides up to a 15 percent reduction in CO2 versus larger-displacement, non-turbocharged engines.