Brands battle for green crown

[Swordsman88]

Originally Posted by sgt_doofey

It won't. The turbo is used to produce that torque that's needed to climb the hills easily.

yes i understand that bit doofey...hence my point about the uphill nature of mount panorama circuit. I've posted on here several times in support of the ecoboost I4...the point of my post was moreso to illustrate that although ford's option of ecoboost 4 cylinder would do a better job in this particular test (due to torque), the best car for a given job RE fuel economy depends on where/how you drive it. I'm sure there will be applications where the I6 will come very close to matching the I4T fuel burn...but in other areas it will be very advantageous to go down the I4T route.

I think we can be pretty sure of two things though. The I4T would not be as slow or frustrating to drive as the 3.0 SIDI commodore. And its fuel burn would not be any worse than the 4.0 I6 falcon in virtually any test. As i said, this is the whole point of ecoboost tech....its minimizing fuel burn accross the entire torque/load map.