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Mattias @ Mar 19th 2008 12:10PM
You are right: Combining the old 2.0l I4 with the old automatic transmission with torque converter is the worst thing to do. Any combination of a smaller engine and a more efficiant gear box should result in better values. Unfortunately Ford does not yet offer a hybrid drive train that fits into the 1st gen Focus engine bay (these cars are closely related). With a direct injection 1.4l in combination with a hybrid drive train not only 30% better mpg (compared to the Crown Vic) but 100% would have been the result.
So the can present 30% improvement every year: now the Transit Connect without focusing on the engines, in 2009 a small turbocharged direct injection engine and in 2010 the hybrid.