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Last month at the LA Auto Show, Ford finally took the wraps off its refreshed 2010 Fusion and this week we returned to LA to actually drive it. For a car meant to compete in the heart of the highest volume segment in the U.S. market, Ford chose a rather surprising way to show it off. This is after all a segment long dominated by cars that typically have more in common with a Kenmore refrigerator than a Corvette.
We kicked off the festivities with a mileage challenge through downtown Beverly Hills and Hollywood in the Fusion Hybrid, but then things got really interesting. The Toyota Camry and Honda Accord have seemingly been the top selling cars in America since they supplanted the Model T early in the last century. After a similar number of decades of soulless, unattractive and unreliable alternatives, U.S. automakers have been battling back in recent years with mixed success. Since the Fusion debuted in 2006, it has earned a reputation of being among the most fun to drive offerings in the segment, as well as having quality on par with the Japanese brands. For 2010, the crew in Dearborn have focused on enhancing what was already good and getting best in class in efficiency with more style. Read on to find out if they succeeded..
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My my my, this is the best looking Ford (outside the GT and Mondeo) that actually looks GOOD. The front end is butter IMO, aggressive with a futuristic look.The projector - h.i.d headlights and fog lights are clutch and as you can see even the lower SEL model get'sprojectors (no h.i.d). The silver 3 bar grill is tough and the lower grill honey comb style is nice too, gives it a mix of Euro x Japanese look. Which leads meto believe that Ford did not come up with this style on there own, they may have stole borrow it from someEuro car or had Ford Europe design it for them.The rear end leaves a lot to be desire, it's like they forgot there was a rear end and just said "%!+$it", def sounds like an American styling cue. Other than that, this is a good styling direction to bring people back in, don't know if it'll movebuyers from Camry, Accord or Altima... but its a start.
Oh yeah, forgot about the interior - spyshot
That's a damn theater size screen in the car... but it's nice, again, a step forward for Ford. Ford, do your practice and shareholders afavor, the American people want the Mondeo and Focus RS, get on... ASAP.
