FoMoCo put food on the table for the first 18 years of my life, we were always a Ford family- though we owned Oldsmobiles and Chevys as well.<\/p>\n
Dad was a big fan of their engines and I am a big fan of the reliability. If you take moderate care of a Ford, you can drive it just about forever. I have not worn out any Ford I ever owned, I just grew sick to death of them. <\/p>\n
So: TO Me, Ford has always been the car that gets you there. Probably not with a great deal of style. Certainly not with racecar like agility. Sure, they made sporty cars- the Probe I drove for a quarter million miles was a lot of fun. But damn, it was pretty ugly. <\/p>\n
So it is with some degree of discomfort that I have to say: <\/p>\n
I like the 2013 Fusion. Yes, I know, the grille (Maybe it’s best feature) is a direct ripoff of the Aston Martin, and it may or may not owe it’s shape to Hyundai, but for a midsize saloon with a reasonable amount of room for four adults, it’s not horrible looking.<\/p>\n
There, I’ve said it, and I’ll say it again. The Fusion is not fugly. <\/p>\n
Of course the AWD version, the only one that is really good, is not available with a manual and can only be had with a stupid flappy paddle slushbox. <\/p>\n
I knew they couldn’t get it quite right. <\/p>\n
Still: Not ugly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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