Review: 2010 Ford Fusion
A product renaissance at Ford Motor Company is under way. Ten years ago, a thorough re-engineering of a volume seller after just three years on the market would have been seen as conspicuous consumption in Dearborn. But in late 2008, with so much riding on the automaker’s future product portfolio, the blue oval crew has released a heavily revised Fusion for the most difficult and competitive place in the market.
What is it?
Introduced for 2006, the first generation Fusion was a late-arriving replacement for the ill-fated Contour “world car.” Fusion rides on Ford’s impressive CD3 platform, which was co-developed with Mazda, and it also sold as the nearly identical Mercury Milan and the luxury-equipped Lincoln MKZ.
Ford pushed forward a substantially upgraded, though not entirely redesigned Fusion for 2010, moving it way ahead in the automaker’s normal product development cycle. When it goes in sale in late March, most buyers won’t realize that this is really Fusion version 1.5, not 2.0. Different from the A-pillar forward, the C-pillar back, inside, underneath and under hood, the ‘10 Fusion shares only its basic structure and door shells with the ‘06-’09 model.
Fusion is available in five flavors – base S, volume SE, premium SEL, Sport and Hybrid. We’ve taken a look at three automatic transmission-equipped models, a four-cylinder SEL, a six-cylinder SEL and a Sport.
What’s it up against?
The Fusion competes in the most heated segment of the market. Few manufacturers don’t play in the midsize sedan arena. Ford bills the Fusion as a bit more athletic than class leader Toyota Camry, so we’d pit it up against the Honda Accord, the Mazda Mazda6 (which shares its CD3 platform and powertrains with the Fusion), the Subaru Legacy, the Nissan Altima, the Volkswagen Passat and CC and, proudly waving the red, white and blue, the Chevrolet Malibu.
Any breakthroughs?
Fusion is available with the widest range of powerplants in its class – all of which are mated to six-speed transmissions. In an era of simplifying, Ford has pulled out all the stops and offered a Fusion for every family.
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