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Ford, VW Switching to 100% Turbos
Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen Group say they intend to turbocharge their entire lineups of piston powertrains to help improve fuel economy and lower carbon dioxide emissions.
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Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen Group say they intend to turbocharge their entire lineups of piston powertrains to help improve fuel economy and lower carbon dioxide emissions.
VW tells The Detroit News it will make the switch within four years. Marc Trahan, the carmaker's group quality chief, notes that the company has only three naturally aspirated gasoline engines today: a 5-cylinder 2.5-liter powerplant and two 6-cylinder variants.
At Ford, Joe Bakaj, vice president of powertrain engineering, said earlier this week that non-turbo engines may be phased out in favor of more powerful and fuel-efficient turbocharged gas and diesel powertrains. Bakaj said the exception would be gas-electric hybrids.
The News cites data from LMC Automotive predicting that carmakers in North America will offer 3 million gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles with turbocharged engines in 2013, up from 2.1 million in 2012.
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