Ford is readying its three-cylinder Fiesta for a North American launch at next week's LA motor show
Ford hopes to have the most fuel efficient engine on sale in the US when it adds the 1.0-litre three-cylinder Ecoboost engine to the Fiesta line up. It will be launched at next week’s Los Angeles motor show.
Although the car hasn’t yet been tested by the US’s Environmental Protection Agency, which provides official fuel consumption figures, it should easily achieve over 50mpg.
It will only be available as the more powerful 123bhp, 143lb ft version that, in the Focus, emits 114g/km of CO2.
The 1.0-litre Fiesta is set to go on sale in the US next year. No other manufacturer currently offers a three-cylinder engine in the USA.
Dan Stevens