According to Ford, its 2010 lineup is about 20-percent more fuel efficient than it was in 2005, and that figure is only set to continue rising as the years progress. In fact, by 2015, Ford estimates its product line will be roughly 35-percent more fuel efficient than it was a decade prior. Says Derrick Kuzak, Ford's group vice president of Global Product Development:


We are creating a full lineup of Ford vehicles - small, medium and large cars, utilities and trucks - that are best-in-class in fuel efficiency, quality, technology and safety... We are making fuel economy a reason to buy a Ford.


Key to the Blue Oval's efficiency improvement is a heavily revamped powertrain line, featuring Ford's EcoBoost series of engines. Later this year, that line will add a 2.0-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost engine to the already available 3.5-liter V6. Future iterations of the EcoBoost engine are expected to add E85 compatibility, which could boost horsepower further or allow Ford to reduce the engine's displacement for better fuel efficiency.

Also in the coming attractions menu are more hybrids and fully electric vehicles, beginning with an electric van in 2010 and the Focus EV in 2011. Click past the break for the official press release.