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Straight Eight
Join Date: Mar 2011
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![]() ![]() Why would FoA need to evaluate a Fusion? Part of the many projects FoA is working on?
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Virtuous Bogan (TM)
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Most likely attributes than the whole car....think about the latest announcement and where they do work for. Could be anything, or simply a chance to sample fords hybrid system.
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Lukeyson
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Side by side comparison testing with the Ecoboost Falcon, because it is secretly going to be Hybrid as well?
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Eastern Suburbs, Melb
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Interesting tail end on that car, design speaking that is.
Also, number plate suggests the car has been in the country for quite a while.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2010
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It looks like the same vehicle that was seen here early last year....
http://www.blueovalforums.com/forums...rne-austraila/ Same number plate and all... ![]() |
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Central Coast
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Interesting. Don't think they make them in RHD?
Mondeo is about the same size. Would be great to have a Hybrid Ford in Aus! |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2010
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What would be interesting is if FNA "gifted" FoA the soon to be superseded Fusion and allowed Ford Australia to transform the front into more of a Mondeo-Falcon kinetic style. Can't see it happening though...... Hermosillo is flat out producing close to 350,000 Fusions a year for US, Canada, and Latin America. |
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It could just be one of the many R&D projects that FoA has been assigned to do.
Either that, or Holden or Toyota are the ones testing it, not Ford. Particularly Toyota considering they have the Hybrid Camry and they could be benchmarkin it for a number of reasons...
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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I don't like the design on the back of that thing, but the front looks really nice.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Same vehicle that was seen here last year in July
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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It looks like an fg thats been rear ended by a truck lol.
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Peter Car
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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I don't like it...looks like a Corolla. No flow in the body.
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Location: Brisbane
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I had a Fusion 4cyl 2.5l (not hybrid) for a couple of weeks as a rental car last Nov in Florida. It is a good looking car in the flesh, better than some of those photos show. I drove it for 1300 miles on a mix of about 400 miles urban and 900 miles highway. Overall average was 29.5 mpg.
Was pretty good as a highway cruiser as most mid-sized large capacity 4cyls are. It was either a 6 speed or CVT - but one of the annoying things was that it had no manual mode for the gearbox at all - just "D" or "L". I think a tiptronic shifter was an option. Can't say how it goes on hills cause there aren't any hills in Florida! The interior was a bit Chrysler 300C-ish with old school LED lettering on the climate and audio read outs, rather than the more modern looking readouts I've seen in Australian cars. Ours has some special sirrius satellite radio and a button that cycled through about 10 colours of mood lighting for the car - which the kids liked, but .... Plenty of room for 2 kids with car seats, 2 adults up front and the big boot swallowed all of our luggage well. Overall, I would probably prefer a Mondeo, but if the US free trade agreement and weak US dollar makes the Fusion Hybrid something Ford Australia can price competitively, then it should sell well against the Camry, i45, and other mid-sizers. MK |
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We picked up a Mercury Grand Marquis. Horrid thing it was. Sloppy Gelopy with no handling and no balls. Hard to believe that that was the reason why there were no Falcon exportsd to the middle east. I wish I'd gone the Fusion instead. Lukeyson
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Adelaide (down south)
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Dont Ford test cars have a silver tab on the number plate? Maybe its not Ford doing the testing???
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Its definetly a ford test car cos it does the same public road drives that the new ranger does around Highton in Geelong i have even seen it following the rangers when the rangers were still in full camoflage spec
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Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
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I've been seeing Fusions and Taurus's on and off for a while now, nothing new. Saw a standard Fusion last week, a silver one, as well as an S-Max and an SVT Raptor.
Ford always have a fleet of evaluation vehicles, they could be testing anything from engines, to electrical systems or even evaluating them for sale here. The S Max may be a chance. |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Oh, and the Fusion arrived here back in 2009, Whoosha took some shots of it on arrival!
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11278923 |
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