Ford Motor Co. will introduce its smallest turbocharged engine yet next year, and on the horizon are even tinier engines — including two- and three-cylinder versions.

According to Ford Engine and powertrain engineering team, two- and three-cylinder engines and engines with displacements of 1.0 liter or below are possible.

“I think you’ll see all of those things roll out,” say team members. “It’s more than experimental.”

No talk about a timetable for such small engines or specify in what markets or vehicles they would first appear. But it makes sense that engines of that size would first be introduced in developing markets or in Europe, where small vehicles dominate.

Meanwhile, in 2010 Ford will introduce a new 1.6-liter, four-cylinder engine with its EcoBoost turbocharging and direct-injection technology. The engine will go on sale late next year on the next-generation Ford C-Max, a family of Focus-derived small minivans.

The 1.6-liter EcoBoost is intended to replace naturally aspirated, large I-4 engines. Torque compares with a 2.5-liter I-4.

When Ford goes to even smaller engines, it will use technologies such as balance shafts to help solve noise and vibration issues. Those problems are manageable,.

The smallest EcoBoost engine that Ford has confirmed for North America is a 2.0-liter I-4 that goes on sale in 2010 in undisclosed vehicles. It is intended to replace 3.0-liter V-6 engines.

By 2013, Ford says, it will sell 1.3 million EcoBoost-equipped vehicles per year globally, with up to 750,000 in North America alone. Two-thirds of the volume will come from four-cylinder models.

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