Ford EcoSport's 1.0-litre EcoBoost is 2013 International Engine of the Year

American automaker, Ford Motor Company's 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine has already brought so many awards to the company, and it has once again been named 2013 International Engine of the Year. The similar engine will also be offered with the India bound EcoSport compact SUV, which will be launched this month only. Ford has also confirmed its plans to double production of the engine at its Cologne based Engine plant in Germany.

“With a technology as mature as the internal combustion engine, it’s very rare to achieve a true breakthrough, but that is exactly what the team accomplished with this engine,” said Joe Bakaj, Ford vice president, Global Powertrain. “You have to drive it to believe a small three-cylinder engine can deliver such performance and fuel economy.” A panel of 87 automotive journalists from 35 countries around the world judged the awards on drivability, performance, economy, refinement and the successful application of advanced engine technology. Ford is one of three car makers to record back-to-back victories in the 15-year history of the awards.

The 1.0-litre EcoBoost was designed at Ford’s research and development centres in Aachen and Merkenich, Germany, and Dunton, U.K., and is built in Cologne and Craiova, Romania. Ford Europe is planning to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. The company projects that more than 300,000 of those vehicles will be equipped with the 1.0-litre EcoBoost. In the first quarter of 2013 in Europe, the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine accounted for 42 per cent of orders in B-MAX, 30 per cent in Focus and 24 per cent in Fiesta across Ford’s 19 traditional European markets.

You can also read our EcoSport road test review to get to know more about its engines and performance. Cheers!