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Replying to: baggs32 (Nov 29, 2008 6:25 pm)
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Replying to: baggs32 (Nov 29, 2008 6:20 pm)  Actually, exterior style isn't typically high on my list. If it is conservative (as my cars are), then fine. If it draws attention to itself, let it be positive. I don't have a problem with the cars fundamentally, I just don't care for the more *ahem* easily-noticed front-end on either one.  Better than the Avenger and Sebring though, for sure! |
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Replying to: thegraduate (Nov 29, 2008 7:35 pm) You've seen the hybrid's gauges right? I think it was you whom I was conversing with about those on the midsize thread, no?
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Replying to: baggs32 (Nov 30, 2008 8:29 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Nov 30, 2008 8:53 pm) Ford did realize there would be people like you and they do allow you to customize many parts of that Hybrid gauge cluster. The leaves can be changed to a graph readout if you don'tlike them. There might be other options for that part of the display but I'm not 100% sure. I don't remember reading that Honda allowed you to make such a change to their 1985-looking leaves.
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Replying to: baggs32 (Dec 01, 2008 6:35 pm) Can't wait for the Fusion hybrid to come out in about a year or so, as it should use the time-tested Ford Escape excellent hybrid system. That V6 is the 3.0L V6 Duratec like in my '05 Freestyle, but I think the Fusion is different than the Freestyle version and has variable valve timing (VVT) and slightly different heads/valvetrain (?). Is that the case, Fusion owners? I know Ford tweaked the old 3.0L V6 to go into the '09 Ford Escape, increasing power without sacrificing fuel economy, so there is life left in that highly evolved, proven design for a 24V V6. (Aside: Did you know Porsche originally designed the Duratec V6, and a 2.5L version went into the Ford Contour / Mercury Mystique / Mondeo(Europe) 14 years ago?) On the downside, Ford needs to get better MPG out of its 4-cylinder Fusion, since Saturn Aura is up to 33 MPG highway, and Hyundai Sonata is at 32 MPG highway to Ford Fusion's 29 MPG highway. |
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Replying to: coldcranker (Dec 03, 2008 9:43 am)  Yep! I believe it made 195hp in SVT form. Comparable to the Nissan Maxima. Not sure what the torque numbers were.
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Replying to: coldcranker (Dec 03, 2008 9:43 am) It also gets the same new 2.5L I4 from the Escape and should net 33 city/34 highway - best in class. The hybrid fusion will beat the camry hybrid's fuel economy by 6 mpg (39 city vs. 33). There will also be a 263 hp 3.5L sport version available with manumatic shifting on the V6 models.
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Replying to: akirby (Dec 03, 2008 10:19 am)
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