Ford planning 340+ hp Fusion GT to take on Audi S4
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The remains of Ford's tuner group, SVT, plans the anticipated Fusion GT for release in late 2009 or early 2010. The Fusion GT will be the fourth in the Ford Motor Company lineup, after Lincoln MKS, Ford Flex, and Lincoln MKR (the Enclave-fighting Flex) to get an EcoBoost gas direct-injection, turbo engine. EcoBoost is designed primarily to "downsize" engines -- that is, GDI turbo fours in place of V-6s, GDI turbo V-6s where there would normally be V-8s.
The Fusion GT's 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 will make about 340 horsepower, about the same as the coming MKS turbo, but well below the engine's 415-horse capabilities. To handle a prodigious torque number, the Fusion GT will be equipped with a Haldex part-time AWD differential. The target is to make the car an affordable Audi S4. Lincoln's MKS turbo launches next year, about a half year after the 3.7-liter MKS's debut. It'll come with a paddle-shift six-speed manumatic and a wheel-and-tire package.
Other models considered for EcoBoost are a four-cylinder EcoBoost Fusion in 2010, a low-volume Focus GT with a four-cylinder EcoBoost in 2010, and an EcoBoost V-6 as the top engine in the downsized pickup, tentatively named F-100.
Ford is looking at an EcoBoost I-4 for the Edge crossover; an EcoBoost V-6 Mustang with more power than the Mustang GT -- the first north-south application of the engine family -- is apparently on hold.
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Im actually excited to see how this new Ecoboost tech. will work in the new Lincoln sedan later this year and what kind of mod potential it has.
More 335i competition?
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I don't know, whenever I hear the word "eco-boost" I always think of the old GM "Quad four" It just sounds like it's destined to fail. Couldn't Ford call it something else?
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1. Ford should not be taking a chance on a car like this at this stage of the game...they're losing their A S S and this is the best idea they can come up with??????
2. Ford should be concentrating on higher quality / higher MPG cars (instead of paying Toyota for the hybrid technology).
3. Ford shouldn't be wasting development $$$$$$ on engines like this (turbo 4 IS a good idea).
4. it will be a low volume car.
5. Audi shoppers won't even think about a Fusion.
2. Ford should be concentrating on higher quality / higher MPG cars (instead of paying Toyota for the hybrid technology).
3. Ford shouldn't be wasting development $$$$$$ on engines like this (turbo 4 IS a good idea).
4. it will be a low volume car.
5. Audi shoppers won't even think about a Fusion.
Last edited by bagwell; 07-08-08 at 08:39 PM.