Ford Fusion News
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In two months, NASCAR’s 2013 season will begin in Daytona Beach with the Daytona Shootout, scheduled for Saturday, February 16. That doesn’t give teams a lot of time to shake down the new cars before the season starts, and all-new designs generally have some issues to resolve. At this recent Talladega Superspeedway test session, NASCAR seemed to be concentrating on the 2013 NASCAR Fusion’s cooling, while Ford Racing wanted to focus on aerodynamics and tandem drafting. Both will be primary concerns for the season-opener at Daytona in February. The test represented...
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2014 Infiniti G37 Spy Shots, Wild Lexus LFA Prototype, Audi R8 GT Sport: Top Photos Of The Week
As automakers prepare for SEMA, we've been kept busy with first glimpses of several upcoming new cars undergoing testing. From the Germans to the Japanese, no automaker was safe from our spy photographers' lenses. We spied the new 2014 Infiniti G37 sporting new styling clearly inspired by the...
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Ford Showing Off Four Tuned Fusion Sedans At SEMA
When Ford showed us its Evos concept in the summer of 2011, we immediately said “build it.” J Mays, Ford’s head of design said, “sorry, not going to happen - but don’t be surprised when a new model comes to market with many of the Evos’ design cues.” That...
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Survey Shows Drivers Favor Cars That Make Them More Aware
Let’s face it: there are more cars and drivers on the road than at any other time in U.S. history, and the sheer pace of modern life ensures that many behind the wheel are sleep deprived, distracted, over-confident in their ability or some combination of these risk factors. Recently, Ford...
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2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Pace Car Going To Lucky Fan
Next year, Ford will debut the 2013 Fusion in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition, and for the first time in years we’ll see a car that differs from others on track by more than just graphics. While still not “stock” in the old-school sense of the word, the new Fusion race car carries...
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2013 Ford Mondeo Turnier Wagon Spy Shots
The wraps have only just come off the new 2013 Ford Fusion sedan, which goes on sale this fall and arrives in European showrooms around the same time as the next-generation Ford Mondeo. However, we now have the first spy shots of the new Mondeo wagon, or Turnier as it’s known in Europe, which...
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Even if you're not a NASCAR fan, you've probably noticed that the race cars haven't looked like the cars they're ostensibly based on for a long time. That's changing, just a bit, with Ford's 2013 Fusion the first to bring brand identity back into the series. "We wanted Fusion to be the car that helped return ‘stock car’ to NASCAR," said Jamie Allison, director of Ford Racing, in a release. The other three manufacturers haven't yet revealed their designs for the 2013 season. While the production-to-racer resemblance isn't massive, it is considerably more obvious than the...
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2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Images Leaked
The NASCAR Sprint Cup version of the 2013 Ford Fusion is due to make its official debut this afternoon, but SpeedTV has decided it would release these official images of the car a bit early. Stay tuned for all of the official details on the Sprint Cup Fusion at the actual debut time, 2 p.m. EST. In...
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2013 Ford Fusion Live Photos: 2012 Detroit Auto Show
There’s no denying that the new 2013 Ford Fusion is a looker, and these latest live photos confirm that the stylish sedan looks just as good in the metal as it does in the stylized press shots we saw earlier. The new Fusion is also a star when it comes to environmental consciousness, with...
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2013 Ford Fusion Debuts With Gas, Hybrid, And Plug-In Efficiency
Ford’s new global design strategy so far appears to be working, with the largely European designed and engineered Fiesta and Focus compacts doing particularly well around the globe, including in the U.S. where such cars have proven to be a hard sell in the past. More recently we saw the 2013...
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2013 Ford Fusion To Offer Lane Keeping System
Ford will launch an available Lane Keeping System, usually reserved for luxury cars, on its new 2013 Fusion sedan.
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2013 Ford Fusion (Mondeo) Spy Video
Next year Ford will launch a completely revised Fusion sedan in the U.S., a car that will be sold in Europe as the Mondeo as part of the Blue Oval’s latest global design effort. Yesterday we brought you spy shots of a prototype for the new car testing in the U.S., and now here’s a video...
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Ford’s new global design strategy so far appears to be working for the automaker, with the largely European designed and engineered Fiesta and Focus compacts doing particularly well around the globe, including in the U.S. where such cars have proven to be a hard sell in the past. The next globally designed model wearing a blue oval will be the new 2012 Ford Escape, which will be sold in Europe as the replacement for the Kuga and is expected to make its debut later this month at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. Beyond that will be the arrival of the 2013 Ford Fusion, the first all-new...
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Lincoln Cancels Plans For Compact Audi A3 Rival: Report
Fearing that a compact offering may negatively impact sales of the midsize MkZ, Lincoln has reportedly scrapped plans for a Ford Focus-based luxury car.
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2012 Ford Fusion, F-150 Get SYNC App Link
Ten new Ford vehicles will let drivers steer mobile apps by voice or by steering-wheel controls--while Ford promises it's actually less distracting that way.
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Ford Goes Green With More Than Just Hybrids
The Company’s World Headquarters Goes Dark For an Hour
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GM and Ford Try To Lure Misfortunate Toyota Owners With Incentives
Would You Trade Your Recall Toyota For a GM or Ford
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Ford wants 90% of vehicles refreshed by 2012
Despite the faltering economy - or maybe because of it - Ford will be refreshing the majority of its lineup in various regions around the world over the next three years. According to the company's CFO, Lewis Booth, Ford will be refreshing as much as 90% of its vehicle lineups in North America...
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The EcoBoost four-cylinder made news today with its impressive 240hp output from a small 2.0L displacement, raising hopes for enthusiasts everywhere that the engine might see use in a small and sporty hatch or sedan - or possibly even an SVO-type Mustang. But that's not the only thing Ford has in store over the coming years, and today the company took the time to detail some of its plans for the near future. The 355hp-365hp 3.5L EcoBoost engine already in the Ford Taurus SHO and Flex and the Lincoln MKS and MKT will begin its full production rollout this summer, featuring advanced...
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Report: Ford looking to spawn three sedans from new platform
Ford’s future models are to share common vehicle platforms across the globe, a practice that is the keystone of CEO Alan Mulally’s strategy to help shed costs and turn around the fortunes of the company. The first of these new global cars has already been launched in the form of the...
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Ford shuts down $15,500 Fusion Hybrid scam
We've all gotten the email telling us we've won eleventy million dollars and all they need is for us to submit our bank account details and 'socal (sic) security code'. But a new and enterprising scam is offering a brand new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid for about half price - $15,500. Unfortunately...
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Ford Fusion Hybrid and Wayne Gerdes average 81.5mpg, set record 1,445mi on single tank
Fuel crises and economic downturns have seen the emergence of a new kind of driver in recent years - the hypermiler. For those who don’t know, hypermiling refers to a set of techniques used to maximize fuel economy, such as monitoring traffic flows to reduce braking, planning shorter routes...
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Ward’s Auto announces 2009 Interior of the Year winners
While we all like to go on about horsepower or differentials or suspension arms when discussing new cars, we often overlook the place where you and your car will spend the most time together - inside the cabin. In order to recognize this aspect of vehicle development, Ward’s Auto releases a...
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American engineers will develop Ford’s global midsize platform
Ford’s midsize Fusion sedan and its associated Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ cousins were just updated for the 2010 model year but details of the next-generation model, due in 2012, have already surfaced. While the current car is based on the CD3 platform from the Mazda6, the next Fusion will...
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