If your idea of profanity under the hood of a (new) Ford Mustang was the 2.3-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder that it’s getting, then this will not be pleasing for you to read.
Bob Bascetti, Ford’s global powertrain boss, tokd GoAuto of Australia that the Blue Oval will might be going further in the quest for efficiency with the new Mustang and is now at the stage where it’s considering several alternatives.
“We’re not looking at diesel at the moment, but given where we need to go with fuel consumption we are looking at all our options,” said Bascetti, keenly pointing out, though, that “diesel is one of those options, along with hybrids and electric.”
Staying on the topic, he added that “We are turning the Mustang into a global product now so all of our options are open now… we have great diesels in Europe, we have an EcoBoost line-up in North America… so we can do almost anything.”
What we extract out of that is that a) you should never wholeheartedly believe statements such as the ones above and b) that Ford would be wise in considering all the alternatives, especially when it comes to the diesel/Europe combination.
However, while it does have access to a turbocharged V6 gasoline it could use, as well as hybrid technology, its list of engines has no suitable V6 diesel they could use. The only one that kind-of fits the bill is the 3.2-liter straight-five from the Transit van.
By Andrei Nedelea
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