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2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
North Vancouver, British Columbia – The all-new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid joins a growing number of fuel-efficient, mid-size, four-door gas-electric hybrid sedans on the market – a list that now includes the second generation 2010 Toyota Prius, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Nissan Altima Hybrid, Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid and Saturn Aura Hybrid – and soon the new Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. With the exception of the Prius, each of these hybrid sedans shares the same bodystyle, interior and suspension bits with its conventional four and six-cylinder counterparts.
Among mid-size hybrid sedans, the 2010 Toyota Prius offers the best fuel economy ratings according to government sponsored fuel consumption tests by Natural Resources Canada (Energuide) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA testing methods, updated last year to reflect more realistic driving conditions, are higher than Energuide ratings and therefore closer to “real-world” fuel consumption. For that reason, I’ll use EPA results in the following comparisons.
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With an EPA city/hwy rating of 5.7/6.5 (L/100 km), the new Fusion Hybrid is second only to the Toyota Prius (4.6/4.9) in the mid size sedan class, but more fuel efficient than the Toyota Camry Hybrid (7.1/6.9), Nissan Altima Hybrid (6.7/7.1), Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid (9.0/6.9), and Saturn Aura Hybrid (9.0/6.9). The Prius, Fusion, Camry and Altima all use a “full” hybrid system that allows them to run on battery power alone at low speeds, while the Malibu and Aura have a “mild” hybrid system that doesn’t. That’s the main reason the Malibu and Aura have higher city fuel consumption ratings. Still, all of these mid-size sedans offer considerably better fuel economy than their four-cylinder and V6 counterparts. For example, the Fusion four-cylinder sedan with a six-speed automatic transmission offers an EPA city/hwy rating of 10.7/7.6 L/100 km.
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at 8:30 am
My guess is that the hybrid version will retain its value better than the cheaper SEL gasoline model. I know that some buyers have concerns about battery life with used hybrids, but a good chunk of that $6,000 price difference will I’m sure still be recouped by the reduced depreciation.
at 8:35 am
Who makes the CVT? Is it the same one Nissan uses?
at 9:08 am
“a team of professional drivers managed to drive a stock Fusion Hybrid for 2,326 kilometres on a single tank of gas, averaging 2.8 L/100 km during the event, setting a world record for a gasoline-powered mid-size sedan”..WOW!!! I am curious to know what they did.
at 9:17 am
Hi Sweetadad;
If you want to know what they did you can read it here:
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22218
We offered the training to the “professional” drivers that accomplished the feat.
Anyone can accomplish this provided that they are willing to learn to be better drivers.
Cheers;
MSantos
at 9:21 am
Hi Stodge;
The Nissan CVT is totally different in that it uses Cone and Belt technology. Ford uses a PSD like device (a combo of planetary gears, similar to Toyota’s) and it is usually called an eCVT.
Cheers
at 9:32 am
Sorry Sweetadad;
Here’s the correct link:
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21523
The first link was a follow-up record.
at 10:55 am
Por favor, solicito se me envié información de mercado y ´técnica cuando se realice su lanzamiento en Argentina. Muchas Gracias