The upcoming Ford Kuga will come with 110 kW & 134 kW engines on Ambiente and a 176 kW EcoBoost engine on Trend and Titanium models, to further improve power and fuel economy in order to make it a more powerful and fuel efficient SUV over its direct rival, the 2.5L AWD Toyota RAV4.
When compared with 2.5L AWD Toyota RAV4 models, the new 134kW EcoBoost offers more power and torque whilst still offering better fuel economy and the new 176kW high-output EcoBoost engine offers an improved 44kW and 107Nm over the 2.5L Toyota RAV 4.
“We introduced EcoBoost to F-150 three years ago in the US and the technology now represents 45% of our sales mix with more than 500 000 EcoBoost powered F-150s sold,” Ford Australia vice president of marketing, sales and service Graeme Whickman says.
The model Ambiente gains new EcoBoost engines that now offer stop-start technology on automatic and manual transmissions. The new EcoBoost engines see fuel efficiency improve from 6.7L/100km to 6.3L/100km on manual (110 kW EcoBoost) and from 7.7L/100km to 7.6L/100km on automatic models (134 kW EcoBoost).
Customers now have a wider choice of drivetrains with the addition of the two-wheel drive automatic option on Ambiente. The new two-wheel drive automatic uses the 134 kW EcoBoost engine which returns 7L/100km.
“We’ve had strong customer feedback for a two-wheel drive automatic variant and we’ve responded to that feedback with a new model,” Whickman adds.
“There is a customer-base that appreciates the convenience of an SUV that doesn’t necessarily need all the benefits of AWD and the addition of the two-wheel drive automatic Ambiente provides this customer with the perfect solution.”
The Ford Kuga will be available with upgraded engines from January 2015 with pricing to be announced closer to the on-sale date.
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