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Ford Fusion Named Motor Trend Car of the Year
The Ford Fusion is a perfectly competent yet utterly bland vehicle. It’s proof that American firms can compete in the mass-market vanilla sedan segment, but not because it does anything particularly...
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Review: Ford Fusion SEL 3.0 V6
When it comes to the freshened 2010 Ford Fusion, TTAC’s got you covered like Alan Mulally’s life insurance policy. Over the past few months, no fewer than three full-length reviews have served up our...
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New Or Used?: Lease Or Beater? Edition
Doug writes: I currently lease a 2008 Ford Fusion SEL 5 speed, loaded with heated leather, sunroof, SYNC. It has under 20,000 miles with 2 payments left. The lease end buyout is $14,100. I am debating...
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Fleets Flirting With Ford’s Fusion
Ford’s fleet business has traditionally been in trucks and full-sized vans, a fact that explains why you’ve never seen an E-Series van in anything other than fleet white. But with residuals on the...
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Ask The Best And Brightest: Can You Identify This Extended-Wheelbase Ford...
This spy shot was sent in to us by an anonymous tipster, who caught what appears to be an extended-wheelbase Ford Fusion Hybrid. But it’s not just stretched: those wheel arches are definitely not...
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Piston Slap: De-fusing The Fusion’s TSB Dilemma
Jim writes: I had a transmission problem with my Fusion. Dealer tells me lots and lots of people are having the problem, and parts are backordered. It appears 2010 Fusions being sold today have...
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Sales Chart: The “Big Six” Midsize Sedans In 2010
These six sedans are the fleshy part of the American car market. Big-name D-segment sedans sell like crazy, and pretty much made Honda and Toyota what they are today. Their dominance of this segment,...
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New or Used: Wants, Needs and Bathwater
Steven writes: Sajeev and Steve, I have a 2001 Volvo XC wagon, that has about 175 k on it, the car is in pretty good shape, had the tranny replaced before I got it, I have put about 4k in since Jan,...
View ArticleFord’s New Fusion/Mondeo Is So Secret, Even Its Alloys Are Camouflaged
This mule of Ford’s new global midsized car may be well-camouflaged, but it’s not hard to imagine something not unlike the new EVOS concept lurking underneath all that bulk. Think narrow, slit-like...
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New or Used: Avoid “Titanium” Grade Depreciation
Shawn writes: Hey Sajeev and Steve, I recently asked the Best and Brightest for help regarding my friend’s car buying dilema, but now I’m in one of my own! I am looking to get rid of my 2006 Mazda5...
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NAIAS Preview: Ford Serves Up Some Global Fusion
Ever since the ill-fated Contour experiment, Ford has maintained a strict separation in its global midsized offerings: Fusion for the Americas and Mondeo for Europe (let’s ignore, for the moment,...
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Vellum Venom: 2012 Lincoln MKZ
“MR2turbo4evr”, today is your lucky day: you suggested that someone would appreciate my critiques on Lincoln products, and maybe you are right. But this self-proclaimed Lincoln-Mercury fanboi was...
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Hammer Time Remix: The Piper Principle
Wrestling fans and auto enthusiasts have a lot in common. They can be sickeningly loyal to their favorites. Even when it’s obvious their one and only favorite is well past their prime. They also have...
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Review: 2013 Ford Fusion SE 1.6L Ecoboost (Video)
The 2013 Fusion is a critical car for Ford. Despite the rise of the Koreans, an Americanized Passat, refreshed GM and Chrysler products and a dip in Fusion sales between the 2012 and the all-new 2013...
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Review: 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid (Video)
Want a fuel-sipping, tree-hugging sedan with stunning good looks? Ford thinks they have the answer in the 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid. Can jamming a gasoline/electric drivetrain behind Ford’s sexy grille...
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New or Used? : The Blasphemy Of Accountancy Edition
TTAC commentator Gannett writes: This has now become an important question around our house: what’s the best/cheapest (not necessarily the same thing) way to drive 25,000 miles a year? My wife...
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Vellum Venom: 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid
Aside from the fame, fortune and talent, my design school stylings were criticized much like the early works of one Mister Lenny Kravitz. I felt, as idiotic as it seems now, both of us were...
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Ford Fusion Rides Coastal Wave To Sales Success
From the neon-drenched beaches of Miami and the hipster enclaves in New York, to the high-tech castles in San Francisco and the studio lots of Hollywood, the Ford Fusion is experiencing a coastal...
View ArticlePiston Slap: Overhyped Hybrid Analysis Paralysis?
Click here to view the embedded video. Mishie writes: Hi - I love your blog. Its been an invaluable resource in my efforts to purchase a car. I have a pretty long daily commute and I’m a bit of a...
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Ford Raises Incentives To Clear Growing Fusion Inventories
As inventories of Ford’s Fusion continue to outpace demand — the result of a second plant brought online last year to keep up with demand for the newly redesigned midsize sedan — the automaker has...
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