Even though Ford is occupied busting its you realize what to prep its next-gen CD4 cars - the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ here inside the States and also the Ford Mondeo in other markets - for kick off, the group of Blue Oval engineers assigned to advancement of the next-gen Ford Fusion Hybrid is reportedly hard at perform decreasing the gas-electric's fuel use.
A report from Ford Inside Information and facts indicates which the Fusion Hybrid's as much as date powertrain, that will most most likely functions Ford's fuel-saving e-CVT trans, will bump the vehicle's fuel economic climate rating all the way as significantly as 47 or forty 8 miles for every gallon town, a healthy boost above the 2011 Fusion Hybrid's 41 mpg town rating. Mainly because the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid will make use of the identical hardware, this indicates that the gas-electric MKZ is practically certain to get an identical mpg rating.
We suspect which the next-gen Ford Fusion Hybrid will kick off in early 2012, with the debut in the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid most likely pushed once again till no less than mid-2012.
