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Ford Motor Company used the Zetec name on a variety of inline four-cylinder automobile engines. It was coined to replace "Zeta" on a range of 1. 6 L to 2. 0 L multi-valve engines introduced in 1991 because Ford was threatened with legal action by Lancia who owned the Zeta trademark. The company used the name widely in European advertising and later introduced it to the North American market with the Contour.
The Zetec name was so widely recognized that Ford decided to apply it to other high-tech four-cylinder engines. It was used across many engine types in Europe even though the original Zeta design ended production in 2004. Ford also used the "Zetec" name for a trim level designation in certain markets....