Ford Motor Co.'s new head of worldwide powertrain engineering remembers working on the Dearborn automaker's first EcoBoost engine — the 3.5-liter V6 in 2009 — that eventually became an option in its best-selling F-150.
Expectations were so low, in fact, that Ford now sells more EcoBoost-equipped F-150s each month — about 40 percent of all F-150 sales — than it originally anticipated selling each year.
Andreas Schamel, who was promoted last week to Ford director of global powertrain, research and advanced engineering, hopes to continue that level of success with the rest of Ford's EcoBoost lineup, which includes 2.0-, 1.6- and 1.0-liter engines. The latter has won numerous awards and acclaim, and will be an available option on a North American small car in 2013.