Ford Delivers Record Number of 40-MPG+ Vehicles, Industry's Freshest Full-Line Product Portfolio in U.S.
DEARBORN, MI– Ford says it is delivering more fuel-efficient vehicle choices in 2012 than ever before and a fresher new vehicle lineup than any full-line automaker in the United States.
Ford is offering eight vehicles that deliver 40 mpg or better by year-end-double its number versus 2011 and more than any other full-line automaker. In fact, Ford’s eight-vehicle tally is more than the number of 40-mpg-or-better vehicles Toyota and General Motors offer combined.
Ford also is tripling its electrified vehicle production capacity by 2013, growing its electrified vehicle lineup to six models – including the all-new C-MAX Hybrid. The compact hybrid utility vehicle, which arrives this fall, is expected to achieve 47 mpg, at least 3 mpg better than Toyota Prius v with more performance and technology.
Ford plans for 10 to 25% of its global sales to be electrified vehicles (hybrids, plug-in hybrids and full electric vehicles) by 2020, and continues to find ways to make more affordable, high-volume, internal-combustion engines even more fuel efficient.
Ford has invested record amounts in its powertrains and new vehicles since launching its Blueprint for Sustainability. Since 2007, the company has improved fuel economy in its vehicles in all key segments, including:
Small cars: Focus has improved its highway fuel economy 21% between 2007 and the 2012 model’s 40 mpg
Midsize cars: The gas-engine-powered all-new Fusion is projected to be 28% more fuel efficient than its 2007 counterpart when it goes on sale this fall
Full-size cars: The new 2.0-liter EcoBoost Taurus, now EPA-certified at 32 mpg highway, is 27% more fuel efficient than the 2007 Ford Five Hundred
Sports cars: Mustang maintains its unbeaten balance of power and fuel economy with a 24% fuel economy improvement
Utilities: The new EcoBoost-powered Escape delivers a 32% improvement in fuel economy compared to the previous V6 Escape, while Explorer has reinvented modern full-size SUVs, fueled largely by its 40% fuel economy improvement to 28 mpg highway for the 2.0-liter EcoBoost compared to the previous model’s V6
Trucks: F-150 improves 21% versus five years ago to 23 mpg city.
Fuel-efficient EcoBoost powertrains are now a mainstay in Ford’s lineup. In fact, Ford’s annual EcoBoost production grows to nearly 1.6 million engines globally by 2013-surpassing the company’s original target for that time frame.
A 1.0-liter EcoBoost-Ford’s smallest, quietest engine ever-arrives in one of Ford’s U.S. small cars next year. Already on sale in the European Focus, the 1.0-liter engine was named the 2012 International Engine of the Year this month.
Additional 1.6-, 2.0- and 3.5-liter EcoBoost engines are already available on Escape, Explorer, Edge, F-150, Flex, Focus ST, Fusion, Police Interceptor sedan and utility vehicles, and Taurus.
This is just the beginning, Nair said. Globally, Ford plans to have the youngest portfolio of passenger vehicles for the next five consecutive years. Ford’s move to truly global platforms enables the company to create more new models for customers more quickly. In 2011, the company had 22 distinct vehicle platforms in use around the world. That number drops to 10 by 2017, ahead of One Ford plan goals. Five of these will be manufactured in at least more than one region. By 2016, 80 percent of Ford’s planned 8 million vehicles will be based on the five global platforms.
Ford is offering eight vehicles that deliver 40 mpg or better by year-end-double its number versus 2011 and more than any other full-line automaker. In fact, Ford’s eight-vehicle tally is more than the number of 40-mpg-or-better vehicles Toyota and General Motors offer combined.
Ford also is tripling its electrified vehicle production capacity by 2013, growing its electrified vehicle lineup to six models – including the all-new C-MAX Hybrid. The compact hybrid utility vehicle, which arrives this fall, is expected to achieve 47 mpg, at least 3 mpg better than Toyota Prius v with more performance and technology.
Ford plans for 10 to 25% of its global sales to be electrified vehicles (hybrids, plug-in hybrids and full electric vehicles) by 2020, and continues to find ways to make more affordable, high-volume, internal-combustion engines even more fuel efficient.
Ford has invested record amounts in its powertrains and new vehicles since launching its Blueprint for Sustainability. Since 2007, the company has improved fuel economy in its vehicles in all key segments, including:
Fuel-efficient EcoBoost powertrains are now a mainstay in Ford’s lineup. In fact, Ford’s annual EcoBoost production grows to nearly 1.6 million engines globally by 2013-surpassing the company’s original target for that time frame.
A 1.0-liter EcoBoost-Ford’s smallest, quietest engine ever-arrives in one of Ford’s U.S. small cars next year. Already on sale in the European Focus, the 1.0-liter engine was named the 2012 International Engine of the Year this month.
Additional 1.6-, 2.0- and 3.5-liter EcoBoost engines are already available on Escape, Explorer, Edge, F-150, Flex, Focus ST, Fusion, Police Interceptor sedan and utility vehicles, and Taurus.
This is just the beginning, Nair said. Globally, Ford plans to have the youngest portfolio of passenger vehicles for the next five consecutive years. Ford’s move to truly global platforms enables the company to create more new models for customers more quickly. In 2011, the company had 22 distinct vehicle platforms in use around the world. That number drops to 10 by 2017, ahead of One Ford plan goals. Five of these will be manufactured in at least more than one region. By 2016, 80 percent of Ford’s planned 8 million vehicles will be based on the five global platforms.
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