Chihuahua Engine is a
Engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
factory in
Chihuahua City
The city of Chihuahua ''(La Ciudad de Chihuahua)'' () is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. , the city of Chihuahua had a population of 925,762 inhabitants. while the metropolitan area had a population of 988,065 inhabitants.
Am ...
,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
owned by
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...
. The plant opened in 1983, encompasses 247 acres, and as of 2010 employs 1,264 workers. In the past it has built Ford Penta and Zetec engines but currently builds 2.0 L, 2.0 L HEV, 2.5 L and 2.5 L HEV versions of the Duratec I4. In 2010 the factory added capacity and began building the 6.7 L Power Stroke Diesel used in Ford Super Duty trucks and the 4.4 L diesel V8 for Land Rover.
Current products
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Ford Duratec engine
Duratec is a brand name of the Ford Motor Company used for the company's range of gasoline-powered four-cylinder, five-cylinder and six-cylinder passenger car engines.
The original 1993 Duratec V6 engine was designed by Ford and Porsche. Ford ...
** 2.0 L
** 2.0 L HEV
** 2.5 L
** 2.5 L HEV
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Ford Power Stroke engine
Power Stroke is the name used by a family of diesel engines for trucks produced by Ford Motor Company and Navistar International (until 2010) for Ford products since 1994. Along with its use in the Ford F-Series (including the Ford Super Duty tr ...
** 6.7 L
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Ford 4.4 Turbo Diesel
The Ford 4.4 TD is a diesel V8 engine developed and built by Ford Motor Company. It has a power output of and of torque. As with the other AJDs, it has a Compacted Graphite Iron block that reduces weight while increasing engine block strength. ...
** 4.4 L
Past products
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Ford HSC engine
The Ford HSC engine is an automobile gasoline engine from Ford Motor Company sold from 1984 until 1994. ''HSC'' stands for High Swirl Combustion. It was made in two displacements: 2.3 L and 2.5 L, and used in only two model lines: the Fo ...
(Penta)
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Ford Zeta engine
Developed in the late 1980s by the Ford Motor Company, the Ford Zeta engine was a straight-4, double overhead cam internal combustion engine with which Ford had intended to replace the analogous Pinto and CVH models.
Ford designed the Zeta to sh ...
References
Ford Motor Company Facilities Details https://web.archive.org/web/20111212082051/http://media.ford.com/plant_display.cfm?plant_id=15
See also
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List of Ford factories
The following is a list of current, former, and confirmed future facilities of Ford Motor Company for manufacturing automobiles and other components. Per regulations, the factory is encoded into each vehicle's VIN as character 11 for North Ameri ...
External links
Ford factories
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