Friday, May 06, 2005

Automobear.com article on importance of Fusion to Ford


Ford Fusion

Click the link and read the article at AutomoBear.com, an industry analyst, about the importance of the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr models that are based on the Mazda 6 platform.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

zoom zoom zoom......mazdapeed6 awd ....now if only ford could get it over 300hp to make up for the extra bulk

Big Ford Fan said...

OK I get that you like Mazda, but just to keep grounded in reality. The Ford Fusion is not based on the MazdaSpeed6, it's based on the 6 platform, with the Duratec 3.0. So there will not be 300 hp.

While All Wheel Drive may be an option on all of these vehicles in the future, initially they will be front wheel drive.

The Fusion is taking the place of the Taurus, and needs to apeal to a mass audience. Maybe the Zephyr will have more power, but the Fusion is a bread and butter car.

There are rumors and speculation that the Fusion will be warmed over by SVT, so maybe you can get closer to 300 hp then. For now it's 207 hp like the FiveHundred.

Anonymous said...

yes mazda 6 platform and 2007 model will be awd based on mazdaspeed6 274 horse turbo 4 , so why not 300 hp , could use the new 3.5 v6or the old duratec v6 that you have shown can be and has been tuned to 0ver 480