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I think that most of the TC's in Europe that are towing are the Diesel version, Not sure that the 1.0 EcoBoost Petrol would be my choice for pulling.

The EcoBoost 1.6 here has a lower Axel ratio than the 2.5, to make more mileage for the 1.6. This must make the large number of Lawyer's at ford nervous.

In any event there are lots of After market hitches available.

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Are you saying the 1.6L has shorter or taller gearing than the 2.5L here in the US?

I'd assume you mean taller geared, based off the fact that you say it's for fuel economy since a taller geared rear end would cause the engine to turn lower revs for a given ground speed. I would suppose that's worse for towing since the forces on the gears would be larger.

However, if they're focusing their economy efforts on starting in town (coming away from many stoplights), I could see them using a shorter rear end so the tranny would upshift sooner and get the engine sped down during acceleration (at the expense of worse fuel economy on the highway due to higher engine speeds while cruising). I would think this would be better for towing.

So which did you mean?

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I meant that 2.5 is a rare size for a passenger car in economy class (sure, sport sedans come in all sizes). Most are up to 2 litres.

We had the 1.6 Ecoboost + automatic for a short while but it was discontinued quickly, it was too thirsty and most would buy diesel anyway. So if and when I go for the new model I'll probably pick the 1.5TDCi with Powershift auto.

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The 1.6 rear end is taller they get away with it here because the Turbo puts more torque out at a lower Rpm so the off the line performance is not compromised

Mrtn we are just starting to get a handle on the Idea of having better fuel economy along with lower performance expectations. The 2.5 Gen 2 goes 0-100 Km in 9.7sec.

Here that is considered very marginal . Where the 1.5TDCi in Europe does the same in Just under 14 sec and is considered very good.

A 550 Hp Mustang is not considered anti social unless the driver is a Jerk.

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It would be good I bet 2.2 has good power. The Escape here can be had with a 2.0 Ecoboost Petrol that is 240 plus Hp , At the moment gas is between$1.75 and $1.95 a gallon here , so for the short term the fuel cost is fogging the economy push.

One of the nice things about the 2.5 in my Gen 2 is good power , fair fuel economy and A very simple engine.

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The highest fuel price we had was $6.80 in oil price peak and now down to $4 which is the lowest I've seen for the past decade at least.

The 2.2 bi-turbo seems excellent even tho a bit overpowered for a compact vehicle. The Ranger I drove broke grip and started fishtailing as soon as you went over quarter of the pedal travel.

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