Better might mean 200 HP instead of 170.

Until 2003, all our leased cars (Taurus/Sable) had the Duratec. Now we are getting the Vulcan. Vulcan is a lot slower than the D'Tec (at least in a Taurus). We haven't had a lot of issues with the 3.0 duratec either. 1200 cars are a good test sample. I can tell you about all the failures we had when we had the Chrysler products though. We keep our leased cars about 80,000 miles and the D'Tec is treating us well. (The vulcan isn't doing bad either, just less powerful). Now if Ford would make a reliable automatic, that would be something.


My name is Richard. I was a Contouraholic. NOW: '02 Mazda B3000 Dual Sport, Black BEFORE: '99 Contour SE Sport Duratec ATX Spruce Green PIAA 510's, Foglight MOD, K&N Drop-in