EcoBlue is Ford’s proprietary name for its latest generation of diesel engines. EcoBlue engines come in 1.5-litre and 2.0-litre sizes, producing between 105 and 240hp, with both the 1.5-litre and 2.0-litre available with different power outputs. The name EcoBlue follows on from Ford’s EcoBoost petrol engines.
The Focus ECOnetic 1.5 TDCi has an official combined NEDC fuel economy figure of 83.1mpg, equating to emissions of 88g/km CO2. This sounds amazing, but as we know, this isn’t what you’ll get in real-life driving. However, even our real-life economy was excellent – after a week of mixed driving we averaged 67.2mpg. Inline four cylinder turbo diesel, transverse Inline four cylinder turbo diesel, transverse Displacement cm3 1498 1498 Bore mm 73.5 73.5 Stroke mm 88.3 88.3 Compression ratio 16.0:1 16.0:1 Max power PS (kW) 75 (55) 95 (70) at rpm 3750 3750 Max torque Nm 190 215 at rpm 1750 1750 Valve gear SOHC with 2 valves per cylinder SOHC kJXZNX.