International Engine of the Year - 1.0 liter Ford Eco Boost

The 1.0 liter petrol engine, the Ford EcoBoost, was awarded with the title of International Engine of the Year 2013, being the second consecutive year when it receives this distinction.

Ford’s EcoBoost engine benefits from the mix formed by the variable distribution, supercharged turbo and direct injection. Thus, the Ford EcoBoost has low fuel consumption without sacrificing power. The magazine Engine Technology International also awarded the three cylinder engine the “Best engine with a capacity of less than 1.0 liters”.

Ford has confirmed its plan to double the production of the engine at its factory in Koln, Germany. Starting with the second half of August this year, in order to cope with demand, the German factory will pump out over 1000 engines per day.

A group formed of 87 auto journalists from 35 different countries from around the world has been the jury in this competition. The criteria which were under analyze of each engine included refinement, fuel consumption, performance, maneuverability and advanced technologies implementations.

Ford is one of the three automakers in history to have achieved consecutive wins in the 15 year history of the award. The Ford EcoBoost 1.0 liter petrol engine also won a number of other awards, including the 2013 Paul Pietsch International Award for technology innovation given by the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, the Dewar Trophy from the Royal Automobile Club of Great Britain and the technological discovery award from the Popular Mechanics magazine in the USA.

The 1.0 liter Ford EcoBoost engine is currently in production in Craiova, Romania and Koln, Germany. It was developed by the research and development centers of Ford from Aachen and Merkenich in Germany and the Dunton center in Great Britain.

The American automaker is planning to offer the innovative engine for models like the Ford Tourneo Connect or Ford Tourneo along with other commercial vechiles like the Ford Transit Connect and Ford Transit Courier. Currently, the three cylinder engine is offered on models like the Ford Mondeo, Ford C-Max, Ford Focus, Ford Fiesta and Ford B-Max.

Ford plans to triple the annual production of vehicles equipped with the petrol EcoBoost engine to approximately 480.000 units until 2015, from 141.000 in 2011. In the first trimester of 2013, the EcoBoost 1.0 liter unit was used in 42% of the Ford B-Max models produced along with 30% of the Ford Focus cars.