2014 Ford Fusion SE EcoBoost
Unless you are buying a used Ford Fusion, blow off our evaluation of the 2013 version equipped with a 1.6-liter turbocharged four-cylinder EcoBoost engine. So beginning in 2015, the shuffle leaves the vehicle Fusion with three engine options: a 2.5-liter four that comes with the S and SE; a 2.0-liter EcoBoost four that is normal on the top-ledge Titanium trimming and optional on the SE; and the SE's accessible 1.5-liter EcoBoost.
The What, Where, and Why
What exactly occurred to the 1.6L EcoBoost?
The only caveat is the 1.5-liter's peak hp and torque are created higher in the rev range, meaning that the engine has to whirl a bit faster to get there. Around town, there isn't much gusto in the lower parts of the tach, but the 1.5-liter whirls up in linear way and never feels coordinated.
The 5 characteristic is fairly agreeable, introducing no perceptible shake or untoward sound when re-firing the engine. It is definitely potential stop-start led to that amount, but the preponderance fostered those fuel economy numbers cruising over the span of a 550-mile round trip to Chicago. Regardless, in our hands the 1.6-liter averaged only 22 mpg, so chalk up a huge triumph for the 1.5 EcoBoost.
The remaining Fusion encounter, which by and large is nice, with intelligent handling and a compliant ride, stays unchanged by the switch to the 1.5-liter. The smaller-displacement Fusion additionally reflects its 1.6-liter forebear in regards to quitting (it stopped from 70 miles per hour in the same 175 feet) and oddly trumps it around the skidpad (by 0.04 g) riding on the same tires, turning in a 0.84-g amount.
Time has yet to muffle the sedan's sultry, Aston Martin- but the passing of sand means you will strike lots of them around and out. The cottage continues to please with clean contours, muffled faux-wood touches, and soft touch materials on dash and the doors.
Down Same Verdict on Displacement,
Our SE evaluation car arrived sans one crucial choice: Ford's at times-frustrating MyFord Touch infotainment system. This afforded us our first chance to try a Fusion with the routine MyFord, non-touchscreen unit that integrates Ford's Sync voice-management technology and is encompassed by--wait for it--real buttons that were tough! Never mind that visual navigation is not accessible, and that a number of them are little and bizarrely bunched; what matters is that easy jobs such as altering the radio station are less distracting than with MyFord Touch and much easier. Now you know.
The 1.5L EcoBoost engine is a 5 fee. Tallying it all up returns an overall cost of ,890, rather the value proposition for the amounts of fuel economy, quiet, subtle extravagance, and style that the Fusion brings to the table.
Our verdict? The Fusion cedes just that additional tenth of driving involvement to our two midsize favorites, the Mazda 6 and the Honda Accord, and its 1.5-liter EcoBoost engine cedes nothing to the one tenth-of-a-liter-bigger but ten-tenths dead 1.6 EcoBoost. That leaves those seeking processed midsize transport small in selecting the Ford to repent.
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