Ford Begins EcoBoost Production in Romania

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has begun producing the three-cylinder, 1.0 liter Ecoboost turbocharged engine at its factory in Craiova, Romania. Ford predicts that the added production will triple the number of EcoBoost engines on the road in Europe by 2015. By 2015, Ford believes that it will build 480,000 Ecoboost engines annually and more than 300,000 of those will be the 1.0 liter version. The Craiova plant will also begin building the B-MaxFord B-MAXUnited Kingdom, 2011 > 201110 photos
later this year. 

Ford also plans to offer Ecoboost engined in 10 European cars by 2015, up from five currently. The plants will also be supplying Ecoboost engines to markets outside of Europe, including the US and Asia. It forecasts selling 800,000 Ecoboost engines outside of Europe by 2015. 

“Our EcoBoost plans are aggressive, but we believe as customers experience this engine family, they’ll understand why. We’re at the cutting edge of innovation and the 1.0-litre engine cannot be matched for its balance of efficiency, power and refinement,” said Sherif Marakby, powertrain director at Ford of Europe. 

Ford introduced the Ecoboost engines to Europe in 2010 with the 1.6l Ecoboost C-MaxFord C-Max 1.6 EcoBoost T...United Kingdom, 2011 > present1 photo
and 1.6l and 2.0l Ecoboost engines in the S-MaxFord S-MAX 2.0 EcoBoost T...United Kingdom, 2011 > present1 photo
, GalaxyFord Galaxy 1.6 Ecoboost ...United Kingdom, 2010 > present1 photo
and MondeoFord Mondeo 2.0 EcoBoost ...United Kingdom, 2011 > present1 photo
. The Focus EcoboostFord Focus 1.0 EcoboostUnited Kingdom, 2011 > present1 photo
came in 2011. 

The 1.0 liter Ecoboost is now built at the Ford factories in Cologne, Germany, and Romania. It is available in the C-Max, B-Max and Focus in Europe.