[willhe64]

Because Ford is over complicating their engines. DOHC, turbo V6, it's all marketing hype. Their answer to the econ/horsepower wars is to make small engines with big ponies, and it's not working. They are making peak horsepower numbers but fail at where everyone drives them normally.

I demo'd an ecoboost for an entire weekend before I bought my silverado 6.2 (I owned a Ford Fusion AWD sport at the time and loved it! 260hp V6, no gimmicks). When I got the truck it had 4800km on it and the average fuel economy showed at 16.8l per 100km(canada). The power was not impressive.

Test drove the 6.2 and loved it. My trucks average economy now sits at 14.8l per 100km, this is 13% better mileage and 405 horsepower and gobs of torque. I haul a race car and trail every other weekend too.