Ford’s EcoBoost has been a rare engine that has truly lived up to all the hype surrounding it. The V-8performance, combined with V-6-like fuel economy of the twin-turbocharged engines is pretty amazing. Thegood thing is that this technology will not be limited to just a few high-end models, it will be spread acrossthe entire lineup over the next few years, coming to 4-cylinder engines as well.To really show the differences in V-8 vs. twin-turbocharged V-6, Ford has offered up this new comparisonvideo of the Taurus EcoBoost against the Audi A6 4.2 FSI V-8. While the result was predetermined 0.60 numbers don’t lie, it’s still pretty interesting seeing it happen live. It’s all about creating good pressand I think appearing unafraid to make direct comparisons with the competition is a bold thing to dodoing this in new advertisements as well. Getting down to actual numbers, the $37,995 base-price of the Taurusat $20,000 cheaper than the $60,950 (ouch!) Audi A6 4.2 FSI V-8. The Audi has an engine that is 0.7-liter larger in displacement than thehas 350 horsepower15 less thanThe two are different typesof vehicles, but the performance chops of the EcoBoost engine are hard to deny.
8.19.2011
VIDEO: Ford Taurus SHO vs. Audi A6 4.2 FSI
Ford’s EcoBoost has been a rare engine that has truly lived up to all the hype surrounding it. The V-8performance, combined with V-6-like fuel economy of the twin-turbocharged engines is pretty amazing. Thegood thing is that this technology will not be limited to just a few high-end models, it will be spread acrossthe entire lineup over the next few years, coming to 4-cylinder engines as well.To really show the differences in V-8 vs. twin-turbocharged V-6, Ford has offered up this new comparisonvideo of the Taurus EcoBoost against the Audi A6 4.2 FSI V-8. While the result was predetermined 0.60 numbers don’t lie, it’s still pretty interesting seeing it happen live. It’s all about creating good pressand I think appearing unafraid to make direct comparisons with the competition is a bold thing to dodoing this in new advertisements as well. Getting down to actual numbers, the $37,995 base-price of the Taurusat $20,000 cheaper than the $60,950 (ouch!) Audi A6 4.2 FSI V-8. The Audi has an engine that is 0.7-liter larger in displacement than thehas 350 horsepower15 less thanThe two are different typesof vehicles, but the performance chops of the EcoBoost engine are hard to deny.
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