[car fanatics]

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Photo credit: Ford
February 13, 2012
By: CF staffr

When a customer told Vandalia, Ohio, Ford dealer Larry Taylor last week that he was interested in buying a Fusion Hybrid, Taylor walked him over to look at a 2012 Fusion Hybrid.

The customer looked at the car and shook his head. He said, "No, not that one. I want the one that gets more than 90 mpg," Taylor recounts.

Taylor had to tell the customer that the car he was interested in, the 2013 Fusion Energi, a plug-in hybrid that Ford says will get in excess of 100 mpg, probably won't arrive until fall.

Ford showed the Fusion Energi and the rest of the Fusion lineup at the Detroit auto show, generating tremendous buzz. Several magazines called the Fusion the best car of the show.

Taylor and other dealers are happy with the hype surrounding the 2013 Fusion. The mid-sized sedan drew raves for its looks, its luxury-level technology appointments and its array of fuel-efficient drivetrains. But there's a potential problem: Taylor still has about 80 units of the 2012 Fusion on his lot.

[The 'Burg]

This is a non-news issue. We will have the new Fusions in September, which gives Taylor 7 months to sell 80 cars - and that assumes he wants to be sold out of 2012 units by Sept.

[McLovin]

This is GREAT news………for Volt dealers.

Maybe they can finally sell a few of them, prior to the better, more fuel efficient Fusion stealing all it's thunder.
Did I say thunder?
More like, sound ripple.

[Dequindre]

I thought all 2013 Fusion sales were starting this Fall?

[atvman]

Who would have ever thought we'd have to wait until fall of 2012 for a 2013 model to come out?

[The 'Burg]

Dequindre;180735 Wrote:I thought all 2013 Fusion sales were starting this Fall?

That's what we (the dealers) are being told.