The new Ford DuraTorq diesel eninge was released in Hannover, Germany to serve European markets - the engine features clean burn technology, which will give future Ford Transit customers the benefits of lower emissions, more power and torque, and better fuel economy.

 The clean burn technology has taken many years to develop and gives Ford the ability to reproduce a near-perfect combustion process regardless of the vehicle speed or load. Uphill or downhill, laden or unladen, high speed or idle, the Ford DuraTorq engine is designed to deliver power cleanly, efficiently and economically.

Increased engine breathing required for this highly efficient combustion process comes from the advanced design of the Ford DuraTorq's lightweight aluminium cylinder head. The main feature is the four-valve configuration, a world first in medium commercial vehicle diesel engines.

During the induction stroke, the forced air charge travels at high speed through the inlet ports. The specially shaped tracts, which alone have taken two years to develop, induce high speed swirl. The swirling air mass enters the combustion chamber and the specially-designed, concave-walled piston bowl induces even more turbulence.

Just as the piston reaches the top of its movement the high-pressure injector releases a controlled jet of diesel mist, mixing the fuel into the swirling air. At the point of combustion the fuel/air mix is at its optimum ratio, the ignited fuel is agitated by turbulent air and clean burn is achieved.

This new generation of engines gives the customers increased performance, low running costs and a cleaner exhaust together with the durability, reliability and serviceability that they have come to expect from Ford.

By the time the first customer drives a Ford Transit powered by a DuraTorq engine, more than 1000 engines will have been built for development and testing, and accumulated the equivalent of 20 million kilometres.

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