Fusion receives 325hp turbo V6 and AWD
> fusion gets turbo
> br-z doesn't
>>14221744
Kek even the miata got a turbo
>>14221744
The BRZ is suppose to be a sporty-trim econobox with RWD, not a sports car. You do that shit yourself.
>>14221750
what?? when
>>14221759
Fiata
>>14221758
> supposed to be something rather than something else
that's fucking stupid
subaru could sell a shitload more of them with a real STi trim, but they're fucking dumb
>>14221738
you forgot the
>FUCK YOUR STEERING 350FTLBS
and the fact they detuned it from the 375 in the F-150. I was honestly expecting the 2.3 from the mustang, not the 2.7.
>>14221758
>The BRZ is suppose to be a sporty-trim econobox with RWD, not a sports car.
>The BRZ is not a sports car
>BRZ
>not a sports car
BRZ confirmed more closely related to minivans than sports cars
>>14221759
MSM
>>14221768
When will retards understand that putting a tarbo on FRZ will kill WRX/STI sales.
>inb4 not same thing
>>14221769
To be fair, you can get the Edge with 350ftlbs of torque with the 2.7 with FWD
>>14221769
It has a new AWD system with the trick differential from the Focus RS and Continiental. It's supposed to behave a lot like how Quattro does on Audi products or how the diff in the Corvette works.
>>14221776
it will kill WRX sales with BRZ sales?
what's the problem?
>>14221769
I don't know if it was so much a conscious detune, more like "we couldn't fit the intakes and headers from the F-150 into the Fusion" or something like that.
>>14221850
they want to sell both as different cars instead of one way more than other
>>14221869
> i want 2 5 dollar bills instead of 1 ten dollar bill
again, why?
>>14221869
But the wrx has been the same car for 15 years now so it's not like they lose out on r&d. Also the brz sells like shit
The Lincoln MKZ (same platform as the Fusion) is getting a 400hp twin turbo 3.0 v6 (w/ the trick RS AWD system).
Ford is going to be sticking that AWD in everything, since it can put down big power in a manageable way.
>>14221938
>Also the brz sells like shit
So they probably won't make a successor when it's had its run.
>>14221947
I forgot, they haven't confirmed yet if the Continental will be AWD or FWD, right?
>>14221962
I assume it will launch at Detroit, so any time now. It'll likely get the same top powertrain as the MKZ, with the same AWD system (wouldn't make sense to give it less).
>>14221738
Noice
>>14221962
The Continental is going to be AWD only with the 400hp V6 as standard. China will likely get a lower trim variant with a smaller I4 turbo or a hybrid as an option to meet Chinese emission laws.
People are theorizing that they may toss in an uprated version Mustang V8 since the engine bay in the Continental was enlarged from and is quite a bit deeper and wider than other variants of the CD4 platform but that's just theory at this point. No confirmation from Lincoln.
The MKZ will have a 350hp FWD V6 variant as base trim and the twin turbo 400hp with AWD as an option.
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/12/2017-lincoln-continental-detroit-official/
Continental info just dropped. Same powertrain as the MKZ.
>powered by a 3.0-liter, twin-turbo V6 with "a projected" 400 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque.
I'm gonna have to look at more pictures to decide how I think about the styling, but first impression it's really nice. I assume this will be A8 size and luxury at A6 prices.
>>14222008
IIRC the hybrid is the most popular engine option for the MKZ in North America.
A hybrid Continental would be the first in class, no?
>>14222008
>The MKZ will have a 350hp FWD V6 variant as base trim and the twin turbo 400hp with AWD as an option.
I don't think the 350hp is base; that's what you get with the hot (twin turbo) if you opt for FWD (so obviously not the spec to get).
![EcoBoost_[3200x1600].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hNk1wwo.jpg "EcoBoost_[3200x1600].jpg")
Who can stop them?
>>14222032
I think the Hybrid MKZ was the most popular option though because it had no cost premium over the tarbo4 and had great (if overstated) empeegees, even though the engine apparently sounds like a fucking coffee grinder
>>14222047
>no GT
>>14222058
Maybe that picture was made before the GT was announced?
>>14221947
Reminds me of when they used to slap Duratecs in everything.
>>14221776
Or they could just update that ancient platform and make the WRX/STI actually good enough so that they don't have to nerf the BRZ for it. Makes me think of Lambo lowballing the 0-60 times for the Huracan to make the Aventador seem worth the extra cost.
why didn't they just use the focus rs powertrain?
>>14221744
the fusion has had a turbo since 2013
i hope it gets a actual manual, it'd be a decent wrx sti competitor if it did, and a low-priced alternative to the q50 awd/quattro audis/335xi
>>14221738
Unless it has a manual, I don't give a shit. Same deal as the Taurus SHO.
>>14222026
>needs twin turbo to catch up to a stock ls
kek
>>14222047
>nascar in the middle
>the worst autosport
