Nobody would turn down such a deal, of course.
Alas, runs like a six, sips like a four is becoming a common — and commonly broken — promise.
Alas, runs like a six, sips like a four is becoming a common — and commonly broken — promise.
Ford Motor does about as well as anybody, using technologies it packages under the brand name “EcoBoost”: small-displacement engines using direct injection and turbocharging.
That’s the big deal for 2012 in the Edge, a midsize crossover SUV, as well as also in the full-size Explorer.
In what seems the New Way of the Auto World, Ford changed the styling and updated the interior of Edge for the 2011 model year, but only now slipped the intriguing EcoBoost four-cylinder under the hood.
It runs just fine, thank you. Plenty of power, enough to tempt you to drive it with a heavy foot. There goes the good mpg, though.
It’s a bit cranky-sounding on a cold start (common on direct-injection engines), and the exhaust note at idle is automotive flatulence defined.
But more significant gripes about the EcoBoost-powered Edge are:
That’s the big deal for 2012 in the Edge, a midsize crossover SUV, as well as also in the full-size Explorer.
In what seems the New Way of the Auto World, Ford changed the styling and updated the interior of Edge for the 2011 model year, but only now slipped the intriguing EcoBoost four-cylinder under the hood.
It runs just fine, thank you. Plenty of power, enough to tempt you to drive it with a heavy foot. There goes the good mpg, though.
It’s a bit cranky-sounding on a cold start (common on direct-injection engines), and the exhaust note at idle is automotive flatulence defined.
But more significant gripes about the EcoBoost-powered Edge are:
•It only comes with front-wheel drive. Ford says people who are interested in the EcoBoost’s extra miles per gallon are thrifty folk not willing to pay extra for all-wheel drive, which also would lower the mileage.
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