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These days, just about every auto manufacturer talks about streamlining products and downsizing engines. No one has pushed toward these goals as persistently as Ford. The Blue Oval has brought a wide range of globally developed products to the United States, from the quirky Transit Connect cargo van to the bread-and-butter Fusion (which shares its design with the European Mondeo). It has concurrently expanded its portfolio of small-displacement, "Ecoboost" engine options with near messianic fervor -- even the red-blooded F-150 has one.