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More rear bias in the AWD system past 50% throttle, Sport shifts past 50% throttle, link with the GPS to see if I'm stopped at a junction, in which case Sport mode, otherwise Eco mode with coasting. And adaptive headlights all the time. And disable auto stop-start at roundabouts.
Something must have already changed as the 1l ecoboost is A+ if you search on the equa index website.
Interestingly if you search under ford and put in '123' as the keyword, it brings up all the 123 bhp iterations of the 1l ecoboost engine and you can see the engine started as an 'E' and ends up A+. Also of note the A+ rating it appeared before the article, so it doesn't seem to match up.
https://equaindex.com/equa-air-quality-index/
EDIT, the 5L mustang is also A+, so I don't think getting the 1L to the same rating is a great achievement!
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
EGR valve and VG something solenoid for those who want to know
My company car is an Insignia 2.0cdti. Goes well, around 150bhp I think, but turbo lags at low speed and you have to adjust your revs, especially when pulling out of junctions etc.
I had a 1.0t Focus on loan a while ago. Had I not known it was 1 litre it would have fooled me into thinking it was 1.6 plus.
All the perceived wooooosh without the nee-nahs and flashy blue lights spoiling it.
If the gear ratios are the same (edit: and the weights are roughly equal i.e. not an X3 v a Caterham) it simply can't be.
It's pretty much inescapable that to develop a given amount of power you have to burn a related amount of fuel. The advantage turbos have is that they have small engine economy off boost (which is how the last official test operated), but lots more torque and power on boost.
There was a comparison video some years back of a smallish turbo petrol hatchback hooning it around a track, and an NA 911 sitting just behind; the 911 got marginally better fuel economy. Put them both on a normal commute and it'd be the other way around, by a much, much bigger margin.
We had a Megane Sport something-something rental in Australia - 250-ish bhp iirc. It was MENTAL out of roundabouts, but put your foot down for more than 3 seconds and you're going way faster than you need to be and you have to back off again. It also torque-steered like buggery which I guess feels quite "wild" if you're new to driving quick stuff but also isn't actually a good thing.
On the DSG/Auto etc thing, my Golf's DSG is pretty good - I use normal mode most of the time and Sport for overtakes. The BMW system is very good based on a 4-series we had recently. In normal use you leave in full auto most of the time, then hit the downshift paddle if you want to kick it down for overtaking (or tunnels ), and it then stays in manual/paddle mode until you haven't changed gear for ~1min, at which point it goes back to manual, and will obviously take over the up/down shifts earlier if you're pushing the top or bottom of the rev range but don't change yourself. I was very impressed with it, though it also helped that it was a 430i with 250bhp. That's way more than you need to have fun..