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Cars aren't the only things getting smaller as gas prices get larger. We're not talking wallets either...that would be just a little too tongue in cheek. The innovation we're referring to is a 1.0-liter 3-cylinder EcoBoost engine - the smallest engine Ford has developed in their century-plus long history. Good things do come in small packages!

As the name implies, the tiny 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine gains turbocharging. For drivers interested…

Designed to offer the fierce power and torque of a V8 and the conservative fuel efficiency of a V6, the EcoBoost V6 is one of Ford's newest engines to wow consumers. It's been around only since January and already it's winning the favor of F-150 pickup truck drivers.

"We had a sales forecast but it has jumped up a little faster than we thought,"¹ said an elated Marc Lapine, Consumer Marketing…