Posted on 12/09/2008 3:44:49 PM PST by taildragger
We're in the City of Angels this week to drive a bunch of new Fords, including the new 2010 Mustang and Fusion. We started off Monday afternoon with a mileage challenge in the new 2010 Fusion Hybrid.
Awesome. The Fusion is a great car. This is about the same mileage as a Prius but with a much bigger car.
that is great! only 20mpg more until it’s as good as the Ford diesel car that Europe gets to drive and we dont.
Cool. What’s it’s 0-60mph time? That’s my determinant. Gotta be under 7 seconds or it’s a no go.
Not very good then. My wife gets 42 mpg in her new non-hybrid Toyota Corolla (all highway, 45 mile one way daily commute).
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“Not very good then. My wife gets 42 mpg in her new non-hybrid Toyota Corolla “
that’s not a fair comparison! her car doesn’t have to cart around 200lbs worth of batteries! (GRIN)
“....IN a Yugo.....50 miles to the gallon, knees on your chest....IN a Yugo...”
Hit it Paul....
Dude my 2007 Fusion S with a 4 cylinder and a 5 speed gets about 37 mpg on the hwy going 70+. It would do even better if Ford had a high gearing in 5th. If they gearded it right it would probably get 39 to 40 mpg around 60 mph.
In addition, a crash near Tampa had two youngsters in a Fusion with a head on with an F150. The kids were banged up while the guy in the pickup died (probably an older truck). The crash was so bad they had to cut the kids out and the fire dept used a few blades because the pillars were so strong on the Fusion. The kids had scratches and bruises.
The Fusion is a hell of a lot quieter and smoother than a Corolla and on par with an Accord. The Accord is quieter with a timing belt that needs 75 k miles replacement versus the Fusion timing chain good for 150 K miles replacement.
Ya what is up with that? I had a Lynx Diesel station wagon in the 80s. 5 speed and got great milage. Did the environ MENTALS screw up the import of the small diesel? And why is the price of diesel so high?
My 1997 Honda Civic gets about 35 mpg, and it’s paid for!
It is ashamed that the diesel can’t be sold here. Part of the environmental fraud taking place. But in fairness, that car is a lot smaller than the fusion. Now imagine a plugin-Fusion that gets 175 mpg. Personally I would rather have an F-150 now that gas is under 2 bucks.
“And why is the price of diesel so high?”
diesel costs more because it takes less refinement.
wait, that can’t be right . . .?
“Personally I would rather have an F-150 now that gas is under 2 bucks.”
personally, I’d rather have an F150 DIESEL and DIESEL under 2 bucks.
remember back when diesel was cheaper than gas? I wish we could make it the same way we did back then.
I recently rented a Fusion although not a hybrid. I would never buy one. The transmission is sluggish. The fuel economy is average. The controls are mediocre.
The Reno is an inexpensive commuter car. You could probably buy 2, maybe 3 for the price of a hybrid. It would take a long time to make up the difference in initial cost by saving on fuel to make a hybrid worth it. Add in the environmental headaches of producing those big batteries, and properly disposing of them, and I don't think hybrids are worth it - yet. The engineering is getting there.
Diesel is the same stuff as home heating oil. Lots of demand for that this time of year.
Hmm. Sounds a lot like the brand-new Nissan Altima that I recently rented. Anyone know of a small sedan that doesn't suck? VW Jetta, perhaps? I dunno - never driven one.
47 to 52 mpg in a ‘05 VW TDI Jetta wagon. Ford still thinks there is no market in the US for a Focus Diesel Wagon (or Fusion, or Taurus or F150).
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