TraumaRN
Diamond Member
So picked up my Ford Fusion Hybrid today. I'll just get it out there right now, after 3 hours of driving it Ford knows how to build a damn fine hybrid car. Wow.
Everything about the car, acceleration, braking and handling...feels like a...car. Doesnt feel like a hybrid and trying to detect the difference between EV mode and ICE mode...is honestly tough unless you are staring at the dashboard. And speaking of the dashboard, WOW is the Smartgauge impressive, not only to look at, but its very functional and informative.
So far MPG wise on my city drives I averaged 51.3, 49.7, and 61.4 MPG, and my 90 mile highway trip 41.3mpg. My longtrip MPG is 46.6 so far.
Other features that are nifty are the BLIS(basically a blind spot warning system) and the back up camera screen that is part of the rearview mirror. Nice. The 12 speaker 390 watt Sony sound is pretty nice for a stock car audio. Enough to thoroughly rattle your windows and piss off drivers stopped next to you at a red light.
UPDATE:
Finally an update with pictures...sorry for the delay I've been stuck without a camera or internet all weekend, so without further ado just a couple quick pictures I snapped of the car...and I tried to shoot a pic of the dashboard but you just have to see it in motion in real life to appreciate how amazing it is.
Front end
Interior from the passenger side.
Badging
Smartgauge dashboard
Engine shot
Enjoy!
Second UPDATE 5/11/09
More pictures as requested and a couple more just to show off more of the car.
Center stack at ignition
Side shot driver's side
Rear end of the car
Blind spot/cross traffic warning indicator
The first 3 are just the center stack and a side profile and rear profile of the car...I like the taillights with the honeycomb pattern.
The last shot is a picture of one of the side-view mirrors, circled in red is the blind spot warning/cross traffic warning indicator. A little explanation. When you are driving and someone is in your blind spot this little indicator glows bright orange to warn you that someone is in your blind spot. Both passenger and driver side mirrors have one.
The cross traffic warning works the same way as the blind spot but it is for pulling out of parking spots, when an object(car, person, grocery cart) is headed towards your car the indicator light flashes orange AND your speakers produce an audible warning on the directionality of the object(using the surround sound), so left rear, right front etc. Both are very nifty features.
3rd update
So as far as MPG is concerned at this point my long term average MPG is 42.6. This was hurt by two long roadtrips I had to make on the highway. The first trip I averaged 41.3mpg, the way home 43.2mpg. Hence why my average is where it is at. As far as what will be my local driving routine. To work this morning 48.8 mpg. Back from work 53.3mpg(stop and go traffic seems to help MPG).
After work I headed up to the local grocery store to buy things for dinner(bout 10 miles roundtrip). Way to store was 58.5mpg. Back home with the engine warmed up 63.2mpg :Q :Q :Q
Everything about the car, acceleration, braking and handling...feels like a...car. Doesnt feel like a hybrid and trying to detect the difference between EV mode and ICE mode...is honestly tough unless you are staring at the dashboard. And speaking of the dashboard, WOW is the Smartgauge impressive, not only to look at, but its very functional and informative.
So far MPG wise on my city drives I averaged 51.3, 49.7, and 61.4 MPG, and my 90 mile highway trip 41.3mpg. My longtrip MPG is 46.6 so far.
Other features that are nifty are the BLIS(basically a blind spot warning system) and the back up camera screen that is part of the rearview mirror. Nice. The 12 speaker 390 watt Sony sound is pretty nice for a stock car audio. Enough to thoroughly rattle your windows and piss off drivers stopped next to you at a red light.
UPDATE:
Finally an update with pictures...sorry for the delay I've been stuck without a camera or internet all weekend, so without further ado just a couple quick pictures I snapped of the car...and I tried to shoot a pic of the dashboard but you just have to see it in motion in real life to appreciate how amazing it is.
Front end
Interior from the passenger side.
Badging
Smartgauge dashboard
Engine shot
Enjoy!
Second UPDATE 5/11/09
More pictures as requested and a couple more just to show off more of the car.
Center stack at ignition
Side shot driver's side
Rear end of the car
Blind spot/cross traffic warning indicator
The first 3 are just the center stack and a side profile and rear profile of the car...I like the taillights with the honeycomb pattern.
The last shot is a picture of one of the side-view mirrors, circled in red is the blind spot warning/cross traffic warning indicator. A little explanation. When you are driving and someone is in your blind spot this little indicator glows bright orange to warn you that someone is in your blind spot. Both passenger and driver side mirrors have one.
The cross traffic warning works the same way as the blind spot but it is for pulling out of parking spots, when an object(car, person, grocery cart) is headed towards your car the indicator light flashes orange AND your speakers produce an audible warning on the directionality of the object(using the surround sound), so left rear, right front etc. Both are very nifty features.
3rd update
So as far as MPG is concerned at this point my long term average MPG is 42.6. This was hurt by two long roadtrips I had to make on the highway. The first trip I averaged 41.3mpg, the way home 43.2mpg. Hence why my average is where it is at. As far as what will be my local driving routine. To work this morning 48.8 mpg. Back from work 53.3mpg(stop and go traffic seems to help MPG).
After work I headed up to the local grocery store to buy things for dinner(bout 10 miles roundtrip). Way to store was 58.5mpg. Back home with the engine warmed up 63.2mpg :Q :Q :Q
