The TDI boasts several combustion-enhancing technologies that help reduce emissions while at the same time improving smoothness, drivability and fuel economy.
Hitting lofty performance and efficiency targets and deciding whether to supercharge or turbocharge were not the only major challenges engineers faced.
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.