Zastava_101

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-...y-pics/833233/

Moosetang

Promising, though looks oddly related to the MKS

Zastava_101

Gotta love Lincoln's grille.

jsaylor

Precisely. The Mondeo is almost certainly the best overall car in it's segment even when looked at a from a worldwide perspective. (although, it must be said that the French have an interesting entry now too which apparently brings a genuinely Lexus LS like ride to the segment, but the downside of course is that it's still French.....anybody care to guess what it is?) The problem is that the Mondeo is that good for a reason...Ford spent a lot of money engineering the car and they spend a lot of money building the car.

If the goal of Ford is to maintain profit margin then you are spot on the money...no way could this car sticker for a price anything like the Fusions. A much better comparison would be the the Accord or, even better, the Passat. If the Mondeo were sold here as is I'd guess it would be a 22k car to start, which means it would make a perfect Mercury but might be pushing it as a Ford......just my two cents on the subject.

Zastava_101

Knight

I sure hope thats a bunch of red tape around the real taillights that make them look so huge. Mirrors are almost identical the mustangs.

Ride height around the wheels looks very tight, which is a good thing.

The grill looks way to big and if its done in chrome that might just be way way to much chrome.

MARZ

Looks like AutoCosmos' rendering is spot-on. It's actually a pretty bada$$-looking car!

http://www.google.com/translate?u=ht...&hl=en&ie=UTF8

codeman94

looks pretty good...It looses a bit of its identity changing the headlights like that though

Moosetang

It is, if you save the pic and zoom in with picture viewer you can see it's clearly been made to look about 25% bigger than it really is.

Moosetang

I like it, looks smart and sporty. My only problem really is with the tailpipes, I much prefer real dual exhaust to 2-in-1s.

cheech6g

Looks good......I just hope the biggest changes happen to the interior of the car. All of that coupled with good engine options and high fuel economy will likely to win over a lot of new customers.

Hollywood_North GT

Yeah, if the jeweling in the headlights are the same as AutoCosmos' rendering, it should look pretty slick.

Side profile is virtually identical as current Fusion.

Is the interior getting a revamp at all?

Topnotch

QUICK OUTLINE OF TAIL END...

Hollywood_North GT

Imagine if this thing gets a revamped interior and the new stack-integrated 8" nav screen...

Evil_Capri

The guy driving must be small because the car looks bigger that current model.

MARZ

Yeah, I remember seeing pics somewhere on the Internet of a new Fusion test mule's interior. While not too dissimilar to the current Fusion's design, it did, as you stated, feature a HUGE nav screen; the materials look to be of higher quality, too.

Here's the link:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/11/s...-sized-screen/

Hollywood_North GT

Materials choice looks to be about the same, but design is definitely tweaked and improved somewhat.

Still falls short of the segment leader's interior, though (Honda Accord) >>

Knight

Personally i like the look of that fusions over that accord picture.

The accords is not perfect, with the screen so deep and high i bet my wife could barly see the screen since she is only 4'11" maybe 5'.

Zastava_101

Is 2010 Fusion gonna be based on a new Mazda 6?
It it will then I'm not surprised it looks bigger since new Mazda 6 is bigger than previous model.

05fordgt

I am willing to wager that the car pictured is probably a 4-cylinder model, since it has the 2 pipes on the right side (as do current Fusion 4-bangers do).