Tag Archives: Fusion

Ford says current car intelligence only ‘scratching the surface’


Ford says the new Fusion sedan has 70 on-board computers. About five years ago a Lexus executive boasted their latest model had more than 30. Which at that time was the cutting edge.

2013 Ford Fusion Recalls – two in one week


Ford in America is recalling 19,106 Fusion sedans to fix low-beam headlights that could become hazy, according to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Ford B-Max – "This is no Ford Fusion"


Ford has been talking about its radical new B-Max small MPV – the first full five seater to have no central pillar between the front and rear doors, and about its predecessor, the unloved Fusion.

In a piece of refreshing honesty, Ford UK’s Managing Director, Mark Ovenden, said, “I will admit that the Fusion could have been better in terms of style, but it had a 1 per cent market share, and most of our competitors would die for volumes like that. And it was phenomenally successful in Russia.” The funny thing about the Fusion is that everyone treated it as a failure, but it actually did sell well – albeit to the parents (or sometimes grandparents) of the people its deluded advertising was aimed at.