Ford_News
06-14-2011, 06:37 AM
Filed under: Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/), Sedan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Lincoln (http://www.autoblog.com/category/lincoln/), Rumormill (http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/)
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2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery
While Ford (http://autoblog.com/make/ford) is busy busting its you-know-what to prep its next-gen CD4 vehicles - the Ford Fusion (http://autoblog.com/model/fusion) and Lincoln MKZ (http://autoblog.com/model/mkz) here in the States and the Ford Mondeo (http://autoblog.com/tag/mondeo) in other markets - for launch, the team of Blue Oval engineers assigned to development of the updated Fusion Hybrid is reportedly hard at work reducing the gas-electric's fuel consumption.
A report from Ford Inside News (http://www.fordinsidenews.com/forums/showthread.php?7504-Ford-Planning-Product-Blitz-for-Q1-2012) suggests that the Fusion Hybrid's revised powertrain, which will most likely feature Ford's fuel-saving e-CVT trans (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/06/11/ford-to-install-advanced-e-cvt-trans-in-hybrids-starting-in-late/), will bump the vehicle's fuel economy rating all the way up to 47 or 48 miles per gallon highway. If true, that would be a healthy increase over the 2011 Fusion Hybrid's 41 mpg highway rating, which is already class leading. Since the Lincoln MKZ (http://autoblog.com/model/mkz) Hybrid will make use of the same hardware, this means that the gas-electric MKZ is almost sure to have an identical mpg rating.
The next-gen Ford Fusion Hybrid should be launched in early 2012, with the debut of the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid likely pushed back a bit further.2012 Ford Fusion Hybrid to get up to 48 mpg highway? (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/14/2012-ford-fusion-hybrid-to-get-up-to-48-mpg-highway/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery
While Ford (http://autoblog.com/make/ford) is busy busting its you-know-what to prep its next-gen CD4 vehicles - the Ford Fusion (http://autoblog.com/model/fusion) and Lincoln MKZ (http://autoblog.com/model/mkz) here in the States and the Ford Mondeo (http://autoblog.com/tag/mondeo) in other markets - for launch, the team of Blue Oval engineers assigned to development of the updated Fusion Hybrid is reportedly hard at work reducing the gas-electric's fuel consumption.
A report from Ford Inside News (http://www.fordinsidenews.com/forums/showthread.php?7504-Ford-Planning-Product-Blitz-for-Q1-2012) suggests that the Fusion Hybrid's revised powertrain, which will most likely feature Ford's fuel-saving e-CVT trans (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/06/11/ford-to-install-advanced-e-cvt-trans-in-hybrids-starting-in-late/), will bump the vehicle's fuel economy rating all the way up to 47 or 48 miles per gallon highway. If true, that would be a healthy increase over the 2011 Fusion Hybrid's 41 mpg highway rating, which is already class leading. Since the Lincoln MKZ (http://autoblog.com/model/mkz) Hybrid will make use of the same hardware, this means that the gas-electric MKZ is almost sure to have an identical mpg rating.
The next-gen Ford Fusion Hybrid should be launched in early 2012, with the debut of the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid likely pushed back a bit further.2012 Ford Fusion Hybrid to get up to 48 mpg highway? (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/14/2012-ford-fusion-hybrid-to-get-up-to-48-mpg-highway/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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