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More than 5 years afterwards its introduction, the Ford Fusion charcoal one of the Blue Oval’s a lot of accepted models, but the end is in afterimage for the accepted car. Ford is harder at plan on the next bearing of its mid-size sedan, which will assuredly canal its aged Mazda-based belvedere and ride on basic aggregate with its European counterpart, the Mondeo.

Captured actuality as a development mule cutting abundant of a accepted Mondeo body, the second-generation Fusion will access next year as a 2013 model. Like the new 2012 Focus and next-gen Escape, the Fusion will accept Ford’s Kinetic all-around architecture language, which the Mondeo has beat back 2007. Just how abundant the 2013 archetypal will advance from the accepted Mondeo’s actualization charcoal to be seen, however, as abundant appearance on this mule covers aggregate that isn’t a current-gen part, and even abundant of what is beneath the blanket looks to be abundantly current-production.

We are added assured discussing what Ford didn’t accept to disguise: powertrains. Ford will acceptable action the 2013 Fusion with at atomic one by itself aspirated four-cylinder engine authoritative about 170 or so hp. A able V-6 like the one accessible in the accepted car isn’t likely, as a turbocharged EcoBoost four-cylinder should yield over as the top mill. The turbo 2.0-liter will accomplish 247 hp in the accessible Focus ST, and would do absolutely able-bodied as the uplevel engine in the Fusion. The amalgam will absolutely return, and we apprehend to see its accumulated fuel-economy appraisement cheep accomplished the 40-mpg mark. (The accepted hybrid’s accumulated bulk is 39 mpg.)

Our achievement is that at atomic one of these engines will appear with a acceptable chiral manual (the European Mondeo absolutely will action the option), but six-speed automatics and dual-clutch trannies will do the alive for the majority of American Fusions. Added significant, perhaps, the Fusion will accept a fair bulk of Euro-flavored anatomy affability to bout its European styling. That bodes able-bodied for the Fusion: The added European Ford’s U.S.-market articles feel, the added acquiescently they tend to be received—we just crowned the Focus best of a hard-fought five-car allegory test. If the next Fusion is annihilation like its little brother, Ford won’t accept any agitation advancement the car’s sales momentum.