Ford Puts the Pedal to Its EcoBoost Engine-Tech Brand

Ford’s four-cylinder EcoBoosts deliver basically the performance of a six-cylinder with much better fuel economy, and its six-cylinder EcoBoost generates the punch of an eight-cylinder with much better mileage. EcoBoost improves fuel economy in that way by as much as 20 percent, but the option costs only $1,000 on most vehicles — far less than the premiums of up to several thousand dollars demanded by hybrids and even the $1,500 to $2,000 extra that buyers typically pay for a diesel powertrain compared with a conventional internal-combustion engine. Ford now plans to triple production of EcoBoost engines this year.