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11-19-2009, 08:11 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg The Fusion Hybrid has a "SmartGauge" instrument panel that helps to "train" the driver to be more fuel efficient. (http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2182980)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2010_Ford_Fusion_Hybrid1.jpgDaniel Barron - OWENSOUNDSUNTIMES (http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com) - November 19, 2009
Ford continues to earn accolades for this vehicle. Are you thinking of a test drive? --Ed.
Is there anyone out there who still thinks Ford doesn't give a hoot about passenger cars? If there is, it may have been tough to change those peoples' minds after the 2009 model year, when the new F-150 pickup truck and seven-passenger Flex wagon hogged the spotlight.
But with the arrival of the subcompact Fiesta on North America shores imminent, the Taurus name back on a redesigned package and the Fusion getting its own substantial changes to keep things very interesting in the midsize sedan category, 2010 is clearly focused on cars, cars, cars.
Now, it would be all too easy for the gas-electric Fusion to be just another hybrid, overlooked and forgotten among the nearly constant stream of models being released, but Ford has gone out of its way to try and avoid that.
First and foremost, this Fusion is touted as having the best fuel economy numbers in its class, by quite a bit, beating out hybrid versions of the Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima and Chevrolet Malibu.
And though we don't quite reach the numbers you'd see on a window sticker, there's something interesting about our observed 6.5 L/100 km average. Unlike competing hybrids that make you work at getting great fuel economy, the Fusion Hybrid can be driven much more like a "regular" car, while still ending up with hybrid-good fuel economy. There's no need to be constantly monitoring your throttle input or to be accelerating at the speed of molasses when a light turns green to keep the engine from starting... http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2182980
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2010_Ford_Fusion_Hybrid1.jpgDaniel Barron - OWENSOUNDSUNTIMES (http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com) - November 19, 2009
Ford continues to earn accolades for this vehicle. Are you thinking of a test drive? --Ed.
Is there anyone out there who still thinks Ford doesn't give a hoot about passenger cars? If there is, it may have been tough to change those peoples' minds after the 2009 model year, when the new F-150 pickup truck and seven-passenger Flex wagon hogged the spotlight.
But with the arrival of the subcompact Fiesta on North America shores imminent, the Taurus name back on a redesigned package and the Fusion getting its own substantial changes to keep things very interesting in the midsize sedan category, 2010 is clearly focused on cars, cars, cars.
Now, it would be all too easy for the gas-electric Fusion to be just another hybrid, overlooked and forgotten among the nearly constant stream of models being released, but Ford has gone out of its way to try and avoid that.
First and foremost, this Fusion is touted as having the best fuel economy numbers in its class, by quite a bit, beating out hybrid versions of the Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima and Chevrolet Malibu.
And though we don't quite reach the numbers you'd see on a window sticker, there's something interesting about our observed 6.5 L/100 km average. Unlike competing hybrids that make you work at getting great fuel economy, the Fusion Hybrid can be driven much more like a "regular" car, while still ending up with hybrid-good fuel economy. There's no need to be constantly monitoring your throttle input or to be accelerating at the speed of molasses when a light turns green to keep the engine from starting... http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2182980