Duratec is a brand name of the
Ford Motor Company used for the company's range of
gasoline-powered
four-cylinder
The engine configuration describes the fundamental operating principles by which internal combustion engines are categorized.
Piston engines are often categorized by their cylinder layout, valves and camshafts. Wankel engines are often categorize ...
,
five-cylinder and
six-cylinder passenger car engines.
The original 1993
Duratec V6 engine was designed by Ford and Porsche.
Ford first introduced this engine in the
Ford Mondeo. Over time, "Duratec" became an omnibus name for Ford's gasoline engines unrelated to the original V6. The
Ford Zeta engine,
Ford Sigma engine and
Ford Cyclone engine all carry the Duratec name, but are otherwise unrelated to each other or the original 1993 Duratec V6. The ambiguous use of the name is similar to Ford's use of the
Zetec for the previous generation of gasoline engines, the
Duratorq name for diesel engines, and
EcoBoost for turbocharged gasoline engines.
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