"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
01/11/2016 at 12:12 • Filed to: None
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"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
01/11/2016 at 12:12 • Filed to: None | 2
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Well, this is rather exciting. Ford just announced they were caving on their “4 pots only” rule for the Fusion in a rather emphatic way: A new AWD Sport version is coming with a twin-snail setup yielding 325HP and 350 pounds of twist. I need to drive this.
https://media.ford.com/content/fordme…
Party-vi
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:16 |
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Hrm. Makes me wonder what they’re going to do with the SHO, or if they’ll neuter performance in the Fusion Sport so it doesn’t outpace the SHO in testing.
pauljones
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:17 |
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Do want. Just not in that particular color.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:18 |
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and the last piece to the puzzle..
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Brian, The Life of
> Party-vi
01/11/2016 at 12:19 |
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Maybe the 325HP
is
the neutered number?
Or maybe the SHO will come in at over 400? >:)
lone_liberal
> Party-vi
01/11/2016 at 12:20 |
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I thought the Taurus was basically dead except in China? Have they decided to keep it going? I like the car well enough but I could never purchase one because that gargantuan center console hits my leg.
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lone_liberal
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:21 |
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It’s about time. The one and only reason they haven’t done it sooner was to give Lincoln an exclusive on a V6 model.
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Brian, The Life of
> OPPOsaurus WRX
01/11/2016 at 12:22 |
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#keephopealive
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Party-vi
> lone_liberal
01/11/2016 at 12:25 |
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It seems I’m the last to know that, yes they’ll be sending them to China now and leave us with the Fusion, which means Ford doesn’t have anything to properly compete with the Impala or Charger.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:30 |
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I’ve known about it for a while and I’ve been pretty giddy keeping in the secret.
I get the feeling that car is going to be FUN AS HELL to drive
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lone_liberal
> Party-vi
01/11/2016 at 12:31 |
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It’s too bad too since with a redesign of the interior I think it could be a winner. It was just too large of a car to have that little interior space. Thank the platform they used for that one, I guess.
Chariotoflove
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:39 |
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So maybe this shows that I’m superficial, but the thing I’m happiest about is that they redid the rear of the car. I felt the tail lights let down the entire look of that car. Not perfect now, but much better.
TheHondaBro
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:44 |
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Honda runs an Accord safety car in IndyCar that makes over 400 horsepower. If this sells well, that would mean the performane-oriented midsize sedan has a market here, and the Accord Type-R will be born!
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Brian, The Life of
> Chariotoflove
01/11/2016 at 12:51 |
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Agreed. I didn’t hate the rear facade but I didn’t like it, either.
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Brian, The Life of
> TheHondaBro
01/11/2016 at 12:54 |
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Then Ford comes out with a 425+hp Fusion SHO and the glorious Midsize Sedan Horsepower War of Early 21st Century begins!
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Chariotoflove
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:56 |
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Biggest problem is that I couldn’t tell it from a Focus in traffic without a second look. Not good for model differentiation.
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TheHondaBro
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:57 |
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That’s when the fight goes to Lincoln and Acura, and all of a sudden it’s TLR vs MKR.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 12:59 |
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but the already make V6 Fusion. with the 3.7l from a Mustang
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Brian, The Life of
> Chariotoflove
01/11/2016 at 13:09 |
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Meh, that’s never been a problem for Mercedes.
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Chariotoflove
> Brian, The Life of
01/11/2016 at 13:12 |
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Yeah, maybe that’s just a problem for me, but the convergence of Mercedes exterior styling is really getting me down.
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Brian, The Life of
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
01/11/2016 at 13:12 |
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That’s not a twin turbo ;)
BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
> Chariotoflove
01/11/2016 at 13:15 |
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Isn't that their goal? All sharing similar looks, just different sizing?
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Chariotoflove
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
01/11/2016 at 13:17 |
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Maybe it is. In my mind, that’s a bad thing, but maybe some people see it as a plus.