New Fusion Spied: Ford Design Leadership Continues

[PowerShift]

They're starting to test it:

2013 Ford Fusion Spy Photos

Looks very promising. I can kinda see a Focus ST style grille. The midsection resembles a Jaguar XJ. It may even be a hatchback. Looks like Ford's staying at the forefront of design. Wonder what's under the hood?

[boltaction]

jeese, they did a good job of camo on that. It looks like a car, other than that, who knows.

-SW

[Cobra348]

Originally Posted by PowerShift

... Wonder what's under the hood?

Two gerbils, 6 hamsters and a guinea pig with a bad attitude?

[Mustang Man]

I am speculating that the articles engine options could possibly be right but I have my own ideas.

base model: 4cyl with high gas mileage
Hybrid: of course there will be a hybrid as the original Fusion Hybrid is a great car
Sport model: I think the turbo 4 could be a good option as they would be able to use the same engine as the Focus ST but attach an auto tranny to it
High Performance model?: With the Focus ST, the Taurus SHO, the Fiesta ST(everything is pointing towards one being made), I don't see how they could leave the Fusion out of the performance game too except I think this will be a non-ecoboost engine along the lines of the 3.7L that is in the Mustang with somewhere in the high 200s if not very low 300s for HP.

[PowerShift]

The 1.6 EcoBoost currently slated for the C-Max would be a good mainstream engine for this car. The 2.0 EcoBoost could be the performance option. I'm guessing they'll go with a conventional 6-speed auto across the board to begin with, but replacing it with the 8-speed as soon as that comes out.