I have a 2016 Ford Mustang I bought it brand new in 2016 I have put 254,000 miles on it never service the transmission 6-speed automatic I've only done two spark plug changes oil change Tires and Brakes and I did do a water pump at 220000 Miles why would they get rid of the V6 and keep the four cylinder EcoBoost that can't last 60,000 miles without breaking I drive my car like a race car everywhere I just got done doing a drag race for 4 days and it is just as fast as the day I bought it doesn't use any oil I just don't understand Ford the car is 100% stuck
To meet MPG requirements. The V6 got decent MPG no doubt, but the EcoBoost on paper gets better and makes more power. They also planned to ditch the V6 before they even came out in 2015 with the new body style. That's why the V6 Mustangs were not offered with the Premium package at all. If you wanted leather and bells and whistles, you had to go EcoBoost.
Ford is convinced that EcoBoost 2.2L is the jack of all trades motor, and it's not. It's cheaper for the bean counters -that's one less engine that they need to have parts manufactured to make. It has that turbo "wow" torque wall over 2500-3000 RPMs that sells the things, and 4-bangers are cheaper to make than V6s. They also use that engine in the Rangers. My 2017 is also the V6. I really like that motor and thought it would have been a way better engine for the new or old Rangers.
My girlfriend has the 2017 EcoBoost and I don't care for riding in or driving her car. I can hear the turbo when it starts kicking in and it drives me crazy. Throw in the fact people abuse them and burn out the motors early, forcing them to go back for either hefty repair bills or to buy a new one with the same engine. Bigger profit taking there as well. Planned obsolescence at its finest.
She has 75k on hers so far, only problems have been stupid EVAP codes. She doesn't drive her car like she stole it, like I do mine. Hers will probably last a lot longer than most other EcoBoost Mustangs.
C.A.F.E.?
explain it more... IDK what you mean
The move to smaller engines is being driven primarily by government regulations.
Corporate average fuel economy. Federal regulations require that a manufacturer’s cars must average a certain minimum MPG. Encourages makes to sell fuel efficient (but unreliable) small displacement engines.
Because of the Government Regulations of fleet MPG and emissions.
Simply because it’s ford haha. They want to build things as cheap as they can, and BS about advertising about their ecoboost engines, and leave their customers cars (as it it says in their name) found on the road dead haha. Ford just doesn’t make good decisions in general. Neither does any American manufacturer nowadays unfortunately.
Of course I'll bow to Scotty on this. But I've always held a somewhat different opinion.
The 3.7 V6 is very strong. A lot of aftermarket bolt-on mods appeared that could increase the power of the V6 substantially. It got to the point that a skilfully driven V6 that had been souped up to the max could outrun a poorly driven stock 5.0. This was unacceptable as the 5.0 owners had paid a lot more money. Some might've even complained.
Ford's solution was to substitute a smaller engine that was already souped-up as much as it could be so the shade tree mechanic had very few options to make it go faster. Therefore the 5.0 V8 Mustangs would always be faster no matter how they were driven.
IOW the V6 was eliminated because it was too good at its job. Mediocrity triumphs again.
May not be right, but it certainly is more interesting.
Bob {black}:sweaty:
Because governments are forcing their opinions on cars without even having any knowledge other than trying to please the group of "we care about the environment" people.
