Ever since the Ford Motor Company introduced the EcoBoost family of force-fed, direct-injected gasoline motors in 2009, consumers responded with a thumbs up. You could even say that EcoBoost is vital to the well-being of the automaker, a condition highlighted by the marketing efforts of the Blue Oval.
The best seller of the brood comes in the form of the 1.0-liter three-cylinder. Ford is so certain about the turbo future of its internal combustion engines that it pushed EcoBoost tech onto high-performance machines such as the Focus RS, Mustang, 2017 F-150 Raptor pickup truck, and even the 2017 GT supercar.
To draw even more attention to the superiority of the EcoBoost, FoMoCo decided to recruit Dolph Lundgren. How does the Swede who epitomizes the action hero stereotype demonstrate that the EcoBoost packs a mighty punch? By attaching the 1.0-liter variant of the engine to a skateboard that hits a top speed of 60 mph (96 km/h), of course! Insane? You betcha!
The second experiment sees Dolph match an EcoBoost to a blender that’s able to emulsify everything from fruits to silverware to wood. Thus, the so-called Blender of Brutality proves that it’s better than your typical commercial food blender. For the third and final experiment, the EcoBoost is matched with a baseball pitching machine. Spoiler alert: the Ballistic Ball Launcher is no match for mere mortals.
When all is said and done, the 1.0-liter EcoBoost three-cylinder proves that you should never judge a book by its cover. Despite its limited number of cylinders and modest displacement, the smallest member of the EcoBoost family packs a serious punch. More to the point, 138 horsepower (140 PS) and 155 lb-ft (210 Nm) of torque in the case of the Fiesta Red and Black editions.
In related news, 2015 was the first year EcoBoost-equipped vehicles in the U.S. topped one million units.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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