1.0L EcoBoost Fiesta receives EPA rating of 45 mpg highway
29 October 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rated Ford’s 2014 1.0L EcoBoost-powered Fiesta sub-compact, arriving at dealers later this year, at 45 mpg (5.2 l/100 km) highway. (Earlier post.) The fuel economy rating outperforms some competitors’ diesels and hybrids on the highway driving cycle. As an example, the 2014 Honda Insight achieves 44 mpg highway, while the 2014 Volkswagen Golf diesel with a manual transmission delivers 42 mpg highway.
This also makes the Fiesta the only car in its class that produces more than 120 horsepower (89 kW) and achieves 45 mpg on the highway. Officially SAE-certified at 125 lb-ft (169 N·m) of torque, the 1.0-liter engine features an overboost function that allows it to make more than 145 lb-ft (197 N·m) for up to 15 seconds.
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| Comparison from fueleconomy.gov. Click to enlarge. |
The EPA rating is for both the four- and five-door five-speed manual-equipped 2014 Ford Fiesta with Super Fuel Economy package, which is also rated at 32 mpg city (7.4 l/100 km) and 37 mpg (6.4 l/100 km) combined.
| “With the new Fiesta 1.0-liter EcoBoost we’re pushing into fuel economy numbers only seen on hybrids and diesels.” —Joe Hinrichs, Ford executive vice president and president of the Americas |
Fuel economy is often cited as the Nº 1 purchase consideration in the subcompact class, according to Ford research.
Automotive journalists named the 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine in the 2014 Ford Fiesta International Engine of the Year in 2012 and 2013. The smallest engine in the growing EcoBoost family is increasingly the choice of Ford customers in Europe, where it is now available on five nameplates, accounting for 32% of Focus sales and 26% of Fiesta sales this year. Robust demand for the 1.0-liter in Europe prompted Ford to double production capacity at its state-of-the-art Cologne, Germany, plant to more than 1,000 engines a day.
EcoBoost technology combines smaller-displacement engines with turbocharging, direct injection, variable valve timing and proprietary Ford software to bring customers outstanding performance and fuel economy. Ford EcoBoost engines deliver up to 20% better fuel economy than larger-displacement gasoline engines.
Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter three-cylinder; 1.5-liter, 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter four-cylinder engines; and the 3.5-liter V6 engine. EcoBoost technology is available in every region Ford serves worldwide, and will be offered on approximately 80% of the company’s global nameplates by the end of this year.
Fiesta’s aerodynamic design also helps reduce fuel consumption. Along with cruise control, the Fiesta SFE package adds a rear spoiler, side air deflectors, underbody shields, lower grille blockers and low-rolling-resistance tires that, together, decrease the amount of fuel needed to push the car through the air at speed.
What? Only that in green news..
If thing always get like this with few improvements on the green scene then i will buy this car used in 2022 to get rid of my actual 2005 dodge neon 5 speeds. It will be my last car purchase cuz im getting old and i will die with the missed goal and guilt of never having own and driven a real greencar that do not pollute, cost pennies to drive and last long. No matter what i write here in this site and also autobloggreen, hybrid and electric car news, electric cars plug-in hybrid news and new hybrid reviews, no matter what i say these manufacturers always come with costly complicated unfinnish green results and i become fed-up. All my life would have been to get a small boring car, drive less then hoped for and slower on gasoline trying like mad to get mileage done with few cost and pollution. I always did my own maintenance like oil change, putting the winter tires, repairing the breaks, do body repairs and paint, selling and buying of cars by my own in newspapers and now on internet, etc. I changed starters, fuel pumps, alternators, batteries(lead-acids) light bulbs, etc.
This will be my entire car life, working like mad, paying high dollars and get few mileage done. It's the fault of car manufacturers.
Posted by: Gorr | 29 October 2013 at 08:13 AM