David77 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 So, after 97,000km and 4 DCT rebuilds I'm ready to trade in this lovely vehicle. What is everyone's thoughts on the ecoboost with the 6f15 auto? I'm more concerned with reliability than 0-60 and 1/4 mile times. I absolutely love the focus hatch and don't want to get rid of it but I can't take the DCT garbage anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 So, after 97,000km and 4 DCT rebuilds I'm ready to trade in this lovely vehicle. What is everyone's thoughts on the ecoboost with the 6f15 auto? I'm more concerned with reliability than 0-60 and 1/4 mile times. I absolutely love the focus hatch and don't want to get rid of it but I can't take the DCT garbage anymore. I hang out at a Focus forum and hear good things about it. Not a barn-burner by any stretch of the imagination, but if you are looking to get away from the DCT, it's about your only choice other than a manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David77 Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 That's what I've been hearing as well. All the European auto publications love that little engine. I'm just worried I could be trading 1 problem for another but I don't think that would be the case. I'd love to get a manual but for various reasons it's auto only for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 That's what I've been hearing as well. All the European auto publications love that little engine. I'm just worried I could be trading 1 problem for another but I don't think that would be the case. I'd love to get a manual but for various reasons it's auto only for me I test drove the 1.0 (albeit with the manual as the 6f auto wasn't available for that engine stateside yet) and I was impressed with it. We wound up going with the 2.0/5 speed manual because it's what my wife had her heart set on despite my not really liking the gearing of that transmission. Like Anthony said, it's not a barn burner but it's definitely going to surprise you for being such a small engine. There's a tread with my immediate impressions somewhere in the Focus section on this board about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David77 Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Thanks. It's a good write up. I think I'm going to be pleasantly surprised by it. I'm going to try and get to the dealer this week and take one out for a test drive. Hopefully I can do a flip without losing too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David77 Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 I just hope they put more thought and engineering into the 1.0 ecoboost than they did with the half-baked DCT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I'm pretty sure the auto trans they use on the 1.0 is straight from the Fusion/Escape Ecoboost engines with many some ratio tweaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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