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Originally Posted by Ignignokt
You make some good points. I'd bet that the V6 would be easier on the budget as far as maintenance goes, but we're talking about new cars, so a lot of people dismiss that due to warranty coverage.
You question Ford's timing. I think they're trying to be proactive rather than reactive here. It took the US automakers too damn long to adjust their lineups to be easier on gas, and while they were shifting their focus, it hurt them pretty bad. I think they're aiming to prevent a repeat.
There are rising gas prices in the future, no doubt about it, the severity of which will determine how big the MPG thing becomes again. I think people on this forum have a hard time seeing things through the average American car shopper's eyes. They (your average American car shoppers) don't know shit about cars. All they know is what they see on the news, and that leads them to believe that oil=bad, MPG=God, for so many damn reasons, and that gas is "expensive" (relative only to this continent) and will spike again soon.
Currently, oil is cheap. That will change. It's just a matter of exactly when and exactly how much. This will determine whether or not the 2.0 Ecoboost will be a hit in this vehicle. I wish they would have put it in the Fiesta instead though.
Would I buy the new unibody Exploder with a 2.0T? No. But I can see the angle they're playing here.
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You raised some good points there. I'm sure that most american consumers will fall for this setup of smaller engine is worth the premium as they will assume, it will save them loads of oil.
BUt I still think Ford should have encouraged rather then discouraged to buy the smaller engine. They shouldn't have asked for a premium on the smaller engine and that's that. Ford being a huge company could have sourced the engine to be manufactured somewhere in USA rather then Spain but that didn't happen.
If they want the ecoboost 4cylinder to be more common in their lineup, they have to get their R&D right and make it cheaper.