Ford is taking the Edge to new a new level by offering extreme performance and better gas mileage to go along with comfort and compatibility. The new Ford Edge will come equipped with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with direct fuel injection and a turbocharger. This EcoBoost version of the Ford Edge offers drivers the performance of a V-6 and does this while conserving fuel.

Ford Edge customers will have three engine options but is confident EcoBoost will be the hands down favorite soon after its introduction. Ford projects that by 2013, 90% of Ford’s vehicles in North America will be available with EcoBoost, with I-4 engines making up 66% of the EcoBoost lineup.

Ford’s EcoBoost engine is already an option in the Ford Taurus SHO, Lincoln MKT and MKS, and Ford Flex. However, the EcoBoost in a four-cylinder package is new technology and one that has had led to a lot of excitement amongst enthusiasts.

Marketing the Ford Edge with EcoBoost to an affluent young demographic is one reason the EcoBoost will prove to keep the Ford Edge winning awards and traditional and non-traditional customer loyalty.

While the jury is still out on what the actual fuel economy numbers will be on the 2011 Ford Edge, the U.S. Department of Energy gives the 2009 Ford Edge fuel economy as 17 city, 24 highway, and a combined fuel economy of 19. Consumers could expect to drive 325 miles on a 19 gallon tank of gas.²

With Ford’s focus on performance without foregoing fuel economy, the future looks pretty good behind the wheel of the traditionally top selling Ford Edge.

[1] http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/02/ford-edge-ecoboost-20-liter-i-4-engine-to-make-us-debut/1

[2] http://www.fueleconomy.gov/FEG/noframes/26127.shtml

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