According to the Detroit News, Ford predicts four-cylinder vehicles sales are on the rise.
Automobiles with four-cylinder engines already comprise more than half of U.S. new-vehicle sales, and that number could grow to two-thirds by the end of the decade, according to projections by Ford Motor Co.
The shift to the smaller engines is a result of strict federal fuel-efficiency standards — known as Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE — and means a growing share of cars, SUVs and trucks will join the four-cylinder fray by 2020.
Ford’s estimates are high by some analysts’ accounts, but it’s not the first time Ford has gone its own way when it comes to powertrains.