Ford Starts Engine Production in Romania

The new engine plant is the result of an €180 million (about $235 million) investment by Ford. In total, Ford is investing more than €675 million (about $875 million) in engine and vehicle production in Romania.

The first Ford-built engine in Romania is the high-tech 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine. Also built in Cologne, Germany, the turbo-charged, direct-injection three-pot is the smallest petrol engine built by Ford. It’s is currently being introduced across Europe in the Ford Focus (100 PS and 125 PS versions) to wide media acclaim for its fuel efficiency, performance and refinement.

The new engine also will be available in the new Ford B-MAX (100 PS and 120 PS), the Ford C-MAX and Ford Grand C-MAX, and in several other Ford vehicles in the future.

The Craiova Engine Plant will initially run a single shift, but Ford will introduce further shifts in the future as customer demand increases.

The new B-MAX, which goes into volume production at the Craiova plant this year will be available with both the 100PS and 120PS versions of the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine. Equipped with the Ford Auto-Start-Stop system as standard, the 120PS EcoBoost engine achieves class-leading CO2 emissions of 114g/km and fuel consumption of 4.9l/100km (57.6mpg), 15 per cent more economical than its key competitors.