Ford has been pushing the Ecoboost HARD and this is just another one of their ridiculous marketing schemes. They try to hide the bias because its set up by Automobile and Motor Trend Mag guys. It pits the Ecoboost MKS vs a BMW 550, Mercedes E550, Jag XF(5.0 n/a) and Maserati Quattroporte.
Its supposed to show that the Ecoboost has the power of the V8 with the gas mileage of the V6. Essentially trying to bring to light how great turbocharging and direct injection are together. They do the test at 12,000 feet elevation lol, and guess what car is the ONLY one with F/I. You guessed it, the MKS.
At 5k feet, a N/A engine produces 80% of peak power, imagine what 12k feet is like. F/I lessens the power loss significantly, but not entirely.
This test is laughable. Also, direct injection and turbocharging have been used by many manufacturers for over 6 years lol.
http://www.6versus8.com/speedchannelvideo/video16/index.html