Land Rover Evoque to get 2.0-liter EcoBoost from Ford?

[EgoFG]

Picked this up on Blue Oval Forums

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/25/r...ost-from-ford/

Could not decide if it was Tezza related (potential engine option being tested for us) or Falcon related - so the pub it is

Originally Posted by AutoBlog

Jaguar's got a good thing going with its use of Ford engines, and even an engine shortage isn't enough to deter Land Rover from getting in on the game. A report in Autocar suggests that the Land Rover Evoque could make use of the 2.0-liter, four-cyliinder Ecoboost engine that Ford just installed as the premium engine into the 2011 Explorer.

On the 'sceptered isle, the same Ecoboost serves in the Mondeo, but with 203 horsepower instead of the 237 that the Explorer variant outputs. Since Land Rover won't say anything about the report, probably trying to maintain the surprise until the Evoque is revealed at the Paris Motor Show, we don't know which tune the Evoque might get. But that engine and the possibility of using Ford's six-speed, dual-clutch Powershift transmission could go all the way to backing up Land Rover's assertion that the Evoque will be the most fuel-efficient vehicle it has ever produced.

[Ben73]

I dunno why, but I kinda like those Evoques. A big 6 cylinder in them would be nice.

[chevypower]

They should use the V6 EcoBoost, it absolutely hammers! It's such a thrill to drive, and still gets good fuel economy.