Ford will follow up its award-winning 3.5L direct-injection, twin-turbo V-6 with a 2.0L EcoBoost 4-cyl. slated later this year for the Ford Edge and potentially the Focus.
Subaru’s excellent 2.5L turbocharged boxer engine provides the ideal mix of restrained power and frugal sensibility. It’s the cure for the boring family sedan.
It seems appropriate the first time the 10 Best Engines list has two hybrids on it, the Prius would be one of them. One Ward’s editor seeking maximum mileage averaged 56.5 mpg.
There are lots of mainstream 4-cyl. engines in cars and CUVs, but none of them makes as much power as GM’s 2.4L direct-injection Ecotec in the Chevy Equinox.
The new S4 sprints 0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds. The old V-8 did it in 5.3 seconds. With a towering specific output of 111 hp/L, the 3.0L TFSI strikes like an archer’s arrow.