47/47/47!

[lakedude]

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/2013-ford-fusion-hybrid-achieves-474747-mpg/

Go Ford!

188 Horsepower 47 MPG regardless of city/highway/combined in a nice mid sized vehicle. Price is just a tad high but nice job all the same.

 

[Demo24]

Even more impressive considering the smaller c-max achieves the same result.

Wonder what Toyota is going to do now. Really makes the Prius a bit more??

 

[xanis]

Very impressive. Awesome-looking car to boot.

 

[waggy]

very cool

 

[lakedude]

So I did find a possible problem, hopefully an error or misunderstanding in the article. Only 130 foot-pounds of torque. Maybe that is gas engine only, not counting the electric? That isn't much torque...

 

[lakedude]

Edmunds is saying 47/44 mpg which is still very good...

 

[sunzt]

mitt romney doesn't care about this car

 

[JulesMaximus]

:thumbsup: I like it!

 

[videogames101]

awesome

 

[SandEagle]

i'll believe it once other mags confirm it

 

[jagec]

Pretty insane if true. In a mid-sized car, wow.

 

[shabby]

mitt romney doesn't care about this car

Ford must love obama.

 

[mmntech]

So I did find a possible problem, hopefully an error or misunderstanding in the article. Only 130 foot-pounds of torque. Maybe that is gas engine only, not counting the electric? That isn't much torque...

I was thinking the same thing. Torque is pretty wimpy for a car that size. Puts out only as much power as a stock Civic.

 

[Doppel]

Nice car. The fusion hybrid continues to be quite expensive, though.

Puts out only as much power as a stock Civic.

Well, as much torque HP to weight ratio is still the be all end all and 188 will definitely give this much more pick up than a Prius.

 

[Crono]

Nice car. The fusion hybrid continues to be quite expensive, though.Well, as much torque HP to weight ratio is still the be all end all and 188 will definitely give this much more pick up than a Prius.

A few thousand cheaper (maybe $3,000 or so) and I can see most car buyers going for the Hybrid option in 5 years time for cars like the Fusion. Even now it isn't a huge difference in terms of monthly payments.

 

[SparkyJJO]

mitt romney doesn't care about this car

Ford must love obama.

Leave political crap in the cesspool of P&N where it belongs.

 

[ballmode]

I'll wait to believe it with real world testing. Seems like the newer cars aren't getting the claimed MPG like the cars from the early 2000's and mid 90's

 

[vi edit]

Camry LE Hybrid is a couple thousand less and packs a bit more of a punch. It will do 0-60 in almost 7 seconds flat which is respectable for a hybrid

Be interesting driving them back to back to see how well they compare to each other.

 

[desy]

actually the testing is much more accurate than it was in the 90's or 00's

The Camry is not cheaper

More interested in peak efficiency? The Fusion SE Hybrid, equipped similarly to the Camry Hybrid XLE, undercuts the Toyota by a couple hundred dollars with a base price of $27,995.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/09/review-2013-ford-fusion/

 

[vi edit]

I don't care about similarly equipped. Camry starts at under $26,000 and that's the important thing for a car aimed at "saving" people money.

 

[Greenman]

Fords really on a roll these days.

 

[PottedMeat]

Wonder what Toyota is going to do now. Really makes the Prius a bit more??

nothing, keep raking in cash like ford?

 

[LTC8K6]

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=33083

47/47/47

 

[slugg]

Looks like a more playful Aston Martin sedan. But a lot less snoody.

 

[madoka]

Damn, I should have gotten this instead of the GT-R! ATG screwed me!