I would like to warn any of your readers wishing to save money on fuel that the new Ford 1.0 EcoBoost engine is not the way to go. I recently bought the Ford Focus Zetec EcoBoost 125 and the mpg is seriously disappointing, especially bearing in mind that emblazoned on the bonnet of the car I test drove was a claim of 55 mpg. Allowing for the ‘imaginative marketing’ of the motor industry I didn’t seriously think I would get that but I did expect to at least equal the mpg of my previous 2-litre diesel model particularly as the latter was much more lively.

I only bought the EcoBoost because I was given to believe that I would save money by gaining on the difference in cost between petrol and diesel, but I find that I am actually worse off than before since even driving at the optimum achievable according to the on-board monitoring system, I find I’m completely unable to achieve anything above 40.8 mpg. I know this situation is an oft-discussed topic so isn’t it about time the motor industry was brought to book on this serious misrepresentation?