DIATA Engine
Ford Motor Company's DIATA (Direct Injection, Aluminum, Through-bolt Assembly) is one of the lowest-emission, highest power density compression-ignition, direct-injection engines ever developed by the auto industry.



Ford Powertrain engineers drew extensively on the latest technology and added their own research to develop the DIATA, which combines the benefits of clean-burning diesel and possibly alternative fuels with the weight-saving characteristics of an aluminum engine block. The double-overhead cam, 16-valve, four-cylinder engine produces nearly 74 horsepower in its current form. In conjunction with its advanced, highly flexible, direct-injection, high-pressure common-rail fuel system, DIATA has a thermal efficiency (ratio of power output to amount of fuel consumed) of more than 40 percent, providing the performance and refinement that today's mid-size car drivers want.