It's sad to see manufacturers rushing to the small turbo engines. I get that it's because of the EPA and CAFE fuel regs, but I worry about durability. Any blown engine is being made to think it's bigger than it is. A naturally aspirated 4 cylinder might put out 150 hp on a good day, but with the turbo, you're forcing it to put out much more. The stress on the internal parts and heat input go up exponentially. It takes it's toll over time, not to mention that turbos are very expensive things to replace. I wouldn't mind a blown engine in a limited use toy. As a matter of fact, I would consider it great fun, but for my daily driver, no thanks. I think we're getting to a place where that may be the only choice we have, though. Also, the factories don't really care about building a car that will last 200,000 miles. They want to sell you a new one every 3-4 years.

When I bought my Dodge truck a couple of years ago, I was looking for a 1/2 ton truck with the largest V8 I could get. I really wanted a GM truck with a 6.0 or 6.2, but was willing to try them all. Only Dodge would sell me a short bed truck with a 5.7. GM was a 5.3 and Ford had a 5.0. The Ford guy kept trying to push the Eco-Boost 6 on me, until I told him that I didn't want a 6 that thought it was a V8 for my daily driver. Now I read that the only engine you can get in a Ford Excursion SUV is the Eco-Booost 6. I wonder how long that's going to hold up dragging a 6000 lb SUV around. It also supposedly has an outrageous towing capacity. Yeah, right.