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Ford to present a new 1.6 Turbo petrol engine for Europe in 2008


It might have taken Ford a few years but they’ve finally decided to join the turbo-craze in Europe’s mainstream categories. According to an interview that Ford's head of development, Jens Ludmann, gave to German magazine Automobilwoche, the European side of FoMoCo is working on a new range of smaller capacity engines to meet demands for reduced CO2 output.

Citing inside sources Automobilewoche gets into details saying that Ford will present a 1.6 litre turbocharged engine that'll replace the current 2.0 and 2.3-liter petrol engines as soon as next year. Expect the turbocharged engine to be offered from the next gen Fiesta all the way up to the Galaxy MPV. The way things are are going in Europe,
in a couple of years even your typical gray-haired Mediterranean granny will be overboosting... (Photo Focus ST 2.5T) Via: Automobilwoche

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