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Less than three years ago, Ford Motor Company celebrated the milestone of producing their 500,000th EcoBoost-equipped vehicle, and just last week they rolled the 5-millionth EcoBoost vehicle off the production line – a 2015 Focus equipped with the 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine.

In 2009, the EcoBoost hit production with the 3.5L V6 engine found in the company’s Taurus SHO, and the company quickly ramped up production of the various style of the engine platform, producing the 2-millionth Ecoboost just four years later in 2013.

Currently there are six engines in the EcoBoost family – the aforementioned award-winning three-cylinder, 1.0-liter engine, 1.5-liter, 1.6-liter, 2.0-liter and 2.3-liter four-cylinder variants, along with the 2.7-liter and top-dog 3.5-liter V6 platforms. The 2.3-liter engine has taken the Mustang world by storm, offering incredible performance from a tiny package, exceeding the output of the 5.0-liter and 4.6-liter V8 engines of years gone by.

The 2.3-liter EcoBoost as found in the Mustang.

2015 marks the first year that Ford customers can choose EcoBoost-equipped vehicles in 100% of the company’s US-sold passenger-car product lines, and EcoBoost engines are now available in every region where Ford produces vehicles.

One vehicle we’re looking forward to is the recently-debuted 2016 Ford Focus RS, which will use the 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine producing more than 315 horsepower, coupled with all-wheel drive and a host of other features. Production of the 2016 Focus RS begins later this year, and it’s clear that Ford will finally have a solid vehicle worthy of the “hot-hatch” market segment.

EcoBoost engines in all forms use at least one turbocharger to provide big-engine performance from a smaller, fuel-saving package, and are designed to help the company meet their Corporate Average Fuel Economy mark without reducing the performance that Ford’s loyal customers have become accustomed to over the years. 5 million vehicles produced with the technology in six short years suggests they must be doing something right.