Ford has unveiled the 1.0L 3 cylinder Ecoboost engine at the 2011 Frankfurt Motorshow. Like its larger capacity family members, the new power plant benefits from technologies such as direct-injection, turbocharging and variable camshaft timing. The 3-cylinder engine is said to be equivalent to a conventional 1.6 liter engine when it comes to performance and is virtually free of turbo lag. The new EcoBoost engine will be available in the Ford Focus, C-Max and B-Max, in 99 hp and 118 hp forms. A respectable 125 lb-ft of torque is available from 1300 rpm onwards.

Ford is able to extract so much power out of a small, boosted engine thanks to an improved twin variable camshaft design and an exhaust manifold cast that is cast into the cylinder head. While other EcoBoost offerings have aluminium block, this 1.0L unit has an iron engine block which is not only cheaper but reduces engine warm up time by 50 percent. Ford did not reveal the engine