Am I the only one that finds it strange the hybrid gets a 2.0l and the non electrically assisted version gets the 1.0l?
Having owned a 4.0l Ford Fairmont, I would have classed the engines torque as 'adequate' to propel the 1900kg car. Horsepower doesn't matter when you can't pull away uphill, I kid you not.
I can't even imagine how useless a car the size of a Mondeo would be with a 1.6l equivalent engine... has anyone driven a 1.6l car that size who actually likes driving and can tell me it wasn't the end of the world?
I can understand wanting fuel economy at the expense of performance, but surely you use an adequate engine for the weight of the car...I'm sure a Ford Ka would perform well with this engine...

The Ford Hohum is going to get an engine that has to run at ridiculously high RPM to have even marginal performance.

The curves don't look at all bad for such a small engine, not nearly as peaky as you might expect, though the only clear set I've found is on this site: http://europeanmotornews.com/2012/08/01/superchips-bluefin-ecu-remap-for-1-0-litre-125-ps-ecoboost-ford-focus-models/ Here's Ford's own (vague) graph, which shows it having better torque across the rev range than their previous 1.6: http://img.motorpasion.com/2012/02/ford_focus_1ecoboost_comparacion_par.jpg There's also talk of a 177bhp version. Generally if you want low-end torque without a stupidly huge engine, you want diesel. FWIW I drive a reasonably large car with a 1.6 diesel and I live in the mountains; it's not great, but it's really not bad.

Large Car + Small Engine = Large, high pressure turbo.
Just google "Ford 1.6TDCi turbo problem" to see why this is a bad idea.

As the price of fuel increases, you might have to forego some of the high power for smarter motoring. Not too long ago 123 BHP was considered to be quitepowerful.. Open up your minds, i think this is a very good concept.

While I understand Mr. Smales concerns, you do have to take into account that these cars are coming with six speed transmissions. Granted on steep hills the car will have to downshift and wind out, but for normal driving we no longer need large torque/horsepower to get between the gears smoothly. Also with such a small engine 6000 RPM will not feel like you are about the blow the thing sky high. One thing that is not talked about in the article is the new US fuel admissions standards. At 36 MPG average across all the cars made, we may be seeing this small engine/high gear combination in a lot more cars.

Yes, a Sedan Car with 1.0 litre engine 3 cylinder 3 spark plugs engine with power and torque equalvalent with 1.6 NA engine, only one more less, it using Timing Belt, 4.5 Star !!!!

@Tony Smale,
I have driven 1.6 Mondeos, and other similar sized cars with small 4 cylinder engines. And I like driving very much.
In the UK and much of Europe, where we don't enjoy very cheap fuel as is the case in the US, engines of this size are the norm- in fact diesels of around this size are extremely common.
Yes, of course you can't lazily charge up any mountain in top gear- but actually that doesn't grant any great pleasure- certainly not compared to a modest car with a manual gearbox and matching your driving style to the vehicle and road conditions- which is far more engaging and ultimately more rewarding. And European Fords have, since their renaissance in the 1990s when they stopped being designed by accountants but by engineers instead, are especially good, the narrower, the more twisty, and the worse the road surface gets, the more they rise to the challenge. I'd defy anyone who loves driving to take a circuitous route round the Cotswold back roads in a modern Ford not to come back with a smile on their face. And no, I don't work for Ford...
That said, I need to be convinced that the 1 litre works as well in the Mondeo as it does in the Focus, especially as the Mondeo has grown enormously since the first generation.

I think the Mondeo (latin word meaning world) is the non-US version. For 2013 the Mondeo is being sold in the US as the Fusion. From the Ford website it doesn't look like the 1.0 eco boost will be available in the US but there are 4 options for the US: A 1.6L or 2.0L EcoBoost, a 2.5L Duratec, and a 2.0L + electric hybrid.

I want to see the MPG numbers for the all wheel drive diesel. That's where I want to go.