"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
01/08/2016 at 11:27 • Filed to: None
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"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
01/08/2016 at 11:27 • Filed to: None | 1
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The last update I’ve seen was back in September. The car sounds like EXACTLY what I want and need, assuming it comes in around $35k or so.
Anything more recent?
http://www.motortrend.com/news/ford-fusi…
TheHondaBro
> Chairman Kaga
01/08/2016 at 11:30 |
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I’m hoping the Fusion ST sells well, because it means Honda might decide to sell us the 400hp Accord safety car as a Type-R model.
Mosqvich
> Chairman Kaga
01/08/2016 at 11:32 |
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If they build a Fusion ST, it will most certainly be more than $35k. I’d bet it’ll be closer to $45k.
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Chairman Kaga
> Mosqvich
01/08/2016 at 11:38 |
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I guess it’ll depend on whether or not they use the I4 EcoBoost from the Mustang or the RS, or possibly a sharper tune of their blown V6, and if it’s FWD or AWD. I wager it’ll have to be AWD, but it could also be the fancy-schmancy system from the Focus RS or a slightly less burly system, with upgrades optional.
But I can’t see a Ford Fusion costing Audi S3 money unless it was pushing 350 hp with the sweetass torque vectoring AWD from the Focus RS. That’s just me.
Regardless, I’m interested!
Party-vi
> Mosqvich
01/08/2016 at 11:40 |
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Ford is not going to price a Fusion over the cost of a Taurus SHO.
04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
> Chairman Kaga
01/08/2016 at 11:44 |
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You mean the Mazdaspeed 6? Because that seems like a way late Mazdaspeed 6 to me. As if the Focus ST wasn’t already a Mazdaspeed 3 rip-off. Almost part for part.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Chairman Kaga
01/08/2016 at 11:45 |
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...in wagon form as well
bob and john
> Chairman Kaga
01/08/2016 at 12:11 |
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the FOCUS RS costs more then an S3 in canada
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Chairman Kaga
> bob and john
01/08/2016 at 12:24 |
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I think it’s $36k to start here in the US, while the S3 starts at $41k. However I have yet to see a single S3 on any Texas dealer’s site for less than $48k. No idea what the dealers are expecting to charge over MSRP for the RS.
For what it’s worth, I’ve also yet to see a Golf R for less than $40k, at least locally.
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bob and john
> Chairman Kaga
01/08/2016 at 12:26 |
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a S3 starts at 45k here. a focus RS starts at 46k
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Mosqvich
> Party-vi
01/08/2016 at 13:32 |
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You’re assuming the SHO will continue. The new Lincoln is based on the Fusion, not the Taurus. We might see things get shaken up a bit in the near future.
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Mosqvich
> Chairman Kaga
01/08/2016 at 13:33 |
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Of course we could always dream of a stretched Mustang chasis and the flat plane crank engine driving a true world-beater.
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Party-vi
> Mosqvich
01/08/2016 at 13:34 |
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If Ford is making a new larger Lincoln based on an elongated Fusion chassis, it would make sense that they’re also going to make a new Ford model based on the same elongated chassis. Ford will not sell a vehicle that is faster than the SHO nor more expensive than the SHO other than the Mustang and GT IMO. We’ll see how it goes. Here’s to hoping a Fusion ST is $30k.
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Chairman Kaga
> Party-vi
01/08/2016 at 14:54 |
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Unless the Taurus goes away and makes room for something RWD or AWD to compete with the Charger.
Too bad there’s no precedent for such a vehicle in Ford’s recent history.
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Party-vi
> Chairman Kaga
01/08/2016 at 14:56 |
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I was under the impression the Taurus was a stablemate to the Impala and Charger. I don’t think they’ll make it RWD since most of their vehicles have FWD-based AWD as an option anyway.
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Chairman Kaga
> Party-vi
01/08/2016 at 15:10 |
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Alls I know is FCA sells lots and lots of Chargers. GM and Ford sell hardly any Impalas and Taurii. So maybe something’s gonna change.