Comments on: Ford Trying to Become New Mileage Champ http://ecomodder.com/blog/ford-new-mileage-champ/ Wrench smart - driver smarter - save fuel Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:05:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: wtfm8 http://ecomodder.com/blog/ford-new-mileage-champ/comment-page-1/#comment-3484 wtfm8 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:28:56 +0000 http://ecomodder.com/blog/?p=562#comment-3484 In Europe Ford has been selling highly efficient vehicles for decades. The Euro Focus, Fiesta, and Ka models have come with fuel-sipping, smaller displacement gas motors and downright miserly diesels since I can remember; Ford's US economy cars, conversely, get 20 year old iron block I-4s or leftovers from Mazda, meaning EPA HWY MPG tops out at 35 for their entire US fleet. I'm hoping to see the new USDM Fiesta (coming next year) with a diesel, and maybe even in super-aero "econetic" trim at my local Ford dealership, but I won't hold my breath--we're more likely to get 2.5L of underengineered overkill instead of anything noteworthy. Please prove me wrong, Ford... please! In Europe Ford has been selling highly efficient vehicles for decades. The Euro Focus, Fiesta, and Ka models have come with fuel-sipping, smaller displacement gas motors and downright miserly diesels since I can remember; Ford’s US economy cars, conversely, get 20 year old iron block I-4s or leftovers from Mazda, meaning EPA HWY MPG tops out at 35 for their entire US fleet. I’m hoping to see the new USDM Fiesta (coming next year) with a diesel, and maybe even in super-aero “econetic” trim at my local Ford dealership, but I won’t hold my breath–we’re more likely to get 2.5L of underengineered overkill instead of anything noteworthy.

Please prove me wrong, Ford… please!

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