Ford Working on New Small V6, We’re Guessing It’ll be Turbocharged

A similar UAW release confirming the fact that Ford Transit van will probably be assembled and sold in the U.S. also contains a line about a small-displacement V-6. In reference to Ford’s Lima, Ohio, engine plant, the UAW says that “a new industry-leading small V-6 is going to be included in the plant at an investment of $400M.”

A Ford spokesman wouldn’t what is planned engine, only agreeing that this sort of engine would make sense using the company’s current downsizing scheme and acknowledging that Ford is usually concentrating on new powertrains. Our hunch is that the engine would, not less than within a variation, find the EcoBoost turbocharger treatment, and it’s a due to the fact any modern, clean-sheet engine will use direct injection. We take “small” to mean a V-6 from the range of 2.5 to 3.0 liters of displacement, with possible output in the area of 300 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque-that would position it nicely between Ford’s EcoBoost 2.o-liter four (247 hp/266 lb-ft inside the Focus ST) and 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 (around 365 hp and 420 lb-ft within the EcoBoost F-150). Given this hypothetical output, we see it augmenting or replacing the more, non-turbo 3.5- and three.7-liter engines.

Current applications of the three.5 and 3.7 include the Ford Fusion, Mustang, Taurus, Edge, Explorer, and F-150; along with the Lincoln MKZ, MKS, MKX, and MKT. The engine does come up with a wide range of sense for a re-focused Lincoln, and that is wanting to showcase technology and its particular premium feel. And even while we don’t expect another coming of the turbocharged SVO Mustang, albeit using an extra pair of cylinders, a tiny turbo six could fit well to a range-topping Fusion, possibly while in the all-wheel-drive Sport model, or possibly Fusion ST.

We do understand that the engine doesn’t have chance in the next Escape, that will make do with four-cylinder engines only. So there’s that.