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2013 Ford Fusion is Spotted on the Road in Light Camouflage

By Jake Lingeman

By AutoWeek May 24, 2012 6:17PM

This camouflaged Ford Fusion was caught testing in metro Detroit. Photo by Autoweek.




The 2013 Ford Fusion made its public debut at the Detroit auto show in January. It was completely restyled from the last-generation car and bears a strong resemblance to the Ford Evos concept revealed in Frankfurt. The new Fusion will hit showrooms soon, but one of our intrepid readers spotted this camouflaged prototype cruising the streets of metro Detroit on Thursday morning.


The new Fusion will be available with one of three four-cylinder engines, ranging from 170 hp to 237 hp. Ford will also build a Fusion plug-in hybrid model to compete with the Chevrolet Volt and the Hyundai Sonata hybrid. The Fusion will be offered with a six-speed automatic, a six-speed manual or a six-speed SelectShift automatic, an upgraded unit used on the Ford Taurus SHO.


In the pictures we can clearly see the 2013 Fusion's headlights and new grille, though it looks to be blacked out on this car and not chrome. The new flowing shape is easily seen, along with the oblong taillights we saw on the show model.


Ford says the car will go on sale “in the middle of 2012,” so hopefully the company is working out the last few bugs on the vehicle. Or, who knows, it could be a 2014 Fusion testing some other new technology we haven't heard about yet. We'll find out more later this year.


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Chaz Magoo
May 25, 2012 12:24PM
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Not sure why this is news,  Car was shown months ago.  This is probably just an old development vehicle being used as a butt hauler or to get miles on some components.
T M
Jun 4, 2012 5:17AM
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Are you people kidding me, this car is actually one of the better looking fords that they have made in a while.... coincidentally, this is one of the FIRST times they brought the Euro model here for us. This car is known in Europe as the Ford Mondeo, a well loved car with styling cues from aston martin and is actually a sporty sedan instead of the old Fusion.
W Curry (Willisc)
May 27, 2012 4:34PM
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"Mulholland Drive, the insanely twisty road where big Caddys once feared to tread."

 

My big 1995 front wheel drive Caddy will walk all over "Mulholland Drive". I could probably get a 1962 Fleetwood Limosene up that street too. Thats over 24 feet long! 

Troy S.
May 27, 2012 7:17PM
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Nice blind spot in the rear.
Troy Monroe (great_life)
May 29, 2012 4:53AM
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Wow, this thing is really ugly! I thought the Flex was ugly but this car makes the Flex look a little better.
Had it in CA
May 25, 2012 6:18AM
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I hope for Ford's sake this car looks better in person than it does in pictures (not these, the ones which are constantly being shown on this website).  To me, there's something disproportionate about the front end.  Panel gaps in the front of the hood, etc.  Only time will tell.  At least they've replaced the "Trak-III" razorblade grill of the previous generation!
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