18th Jul 2008, 16:21
I bought a Ford Fusion in April 2006.
I have never been so disappointed in a vehicle purchase. The car has absolutely no guts.
2 weeks after I bought it, I took it back to the dealer to get my money back. He refused, but was willing to give me $11,000 Trade In value. I paid $22,000.
I never felt so taken in my life.
A thoroughly disappointing experience.
21st Jul 2008, 17:34
"I have never been so disappointed in a vehicle purchase. The car has absolutely no guts."
Although there are some lemons in all makes of cars, I smell a bogus comment from an import fan here. First off, you can tell in less than 10 SECONDS if a car has "guts" or not. Just punch the accelerator.
Last year I test drove an import that was advertised as having over 160 horsepower; about 200 FEET and knew the car was gutless. The dealership had two driveways about 200 feet apart. I floored it pulling out of one drive and knew before I passed the other drive that it DID NOT have 160 horsepower (in their ads maybe, but NOT in real life). I just let off the gas, braked and turned into the second drive... then went and bought a Ford.
If someone really DID take HALF of the purchase price of the car from a dealer TWO WEEKS after buying the car, they have no room to complain. You can run an ad on a two week old Fusion and sell it yourself for almost what you paid for it. They are in high demand, the highest rated in reliability of any car made in the world, and get good fuel mileage. I've driven the Fusion and even the 4-cylinder is anything BUT "gutless". The V-6 is VERY respectable.
I just don't believe the comment is legitimate.
6th Sep 2009, 16:41
This is hilarious. What started out as a Ford Fusion review as become a free-for-all about how SUV's are safer than cars or vice-versa. Of course SUV's are safer, but only to the occupants of the SUV. If a Civic hits an Expedition, than the results won't be pretty, but what happens if a Fusion hits a Land Cruiser? Will the results be any different? I don't think so. The domestic lovers on here crack me up when they say little imports aren't safe. LITTLE CARS OF ALL MAKES AREN'T SAFE!
7th Sep 2009, 20:42
I agree with comment 16:41. The laws of physics dictate that NO small car CAN be safer than a larger car... PERIOD... end of that discussion.
As for the Fusion, it is not exactly a "small car". If a Fusion hit a Civic, the Civic would be scrap metal and the occupants mush (and I've had BOTH a Civic and a Fusion, so I have a bit of knowledge about how they are built).
The Fusion is a VERY well built car with far better build quality than any import. Our current Fusion is now in its 5th year and flawless. By that time our Honda had cost more in repairs than it was worth.
Also, our I-4 Fusion delivers better fuel mileage than our Civic. The Civic did good to get 34 mpg. On a 110 mile interstate trip over the holiday weekend our Fusion got 38 mpg (checked with a calculator based on fuel actually used. The computer was off by two-tenths of a mile per gallon).
We're sold on the Fusion. Many others here are as well. The dealers can't keep up with demand and the Ford used car lots are full of 2006-2007 Honda Accords, Acuras and Camrys.
21st May 2007, 13:34
I just got a Hummer from GM dealer and man, this is way better then a sedan... its true what they say, you can go anywhere with this thing, yesterday I climbed a wall with my Hummer, wow, BTW, I am JK. hmmmm.