2014 Ford Fusion 1.5L EcoBoost Automatic

2014 Ford Fusion 1.5L EcoBoost Automatic

2014 Ford Fusion 1.5L EcoBoost Automatic - Unless you're looking for an utilized Ford Fusion, disregard our test of the 2013 model outfitted with a 1.6-liter turbocharged four-barrel Ecoboost motor. That motor won't be introduced in any Fusion after 2014, having been quietly supplanted by the 1.5-liter Ecoboost four-barrel, which is the center of this test. So beginning in 2015, the mix leaves the nonhybrid Fusion with three motor decisions: a 2.5-liter four that accompanies the S and SE; a 2.0-liter Ecoboost four that is standard on the top-rack Titanium trim and discretionary on the SE; and the SE's accessible 1.5_liter Ecoboost.

The What, Where, and Why

So what happened to the Ford 1.6l Ecoboost? At the point when the 1.5l joined the 2.0l and 1.6l on the SE's alternative sheet, it and the 2.0l were combined with programmed transmissions, while the 1.6l lost its programmed choice and was limited to the Fusion family's solitary manual (which is likewise tried for 2015). The move was intended to free up more 1.6 motors for the Escape; additionally, the 1.5l simply so happens to slide the Fusion into a friendlier expense section in the Chinese market.

Cheerfully, regardless of surrendering 97 ccs (0.1 liter) of relocation to the old 1.6l, the 1.5l makes three extra pull and 1 more lb-ft of torque, for sums of 181 and 185. The main admonition is that the 1.5-liter's top strength and torque are delivered higher in the rev extent, implying that the motor need to turn a bit quicker to get there. That may help clarify how the all the more influential 1.5-liter Fusion winds up being 0.1 second slower to 60 mph—8.2 seconds aggregate and 0.1 second slower through the quarter mile_16.3 seconds at 85 mph_than the 1.6-liter Fusion, and working through the same six-pace programmed transmission with an indistinguishable last drive degree, no less. Around town, there isn't much fervor in the lower parcels of the tach, however the 1.5-liter twists up in direct manner and never feels overmatched.

Like the 1.6-liter it replaces, the 1.5 could be requested with Ford's motor stop-begin framework, and our test auto had it. The $295 gimmick is somewhat congenial, presenting no noticeable shake or untoward clamor when re-terminating the motor. It raises the EPA's city and parkway mileage gauges by 2 and 1 mpg to 25 and 37 mpg (the old 1.6l with stop-begin was appraised for 24/37), and we arrived at the midpoint of 27 mpg in excess of 1086 miles. It's absolutely conceivable stop-begin helped that figure, however more probable those efficiency numbers were supported by the dominance of roadway cruising throughout the span of a 550-mile round-excursion to Chicago. Notwithstanding, in our grasp the 1.6-liter arrived at the midpoint of only 22 mpg, so credit an enormous win for the 1.5 the Ecoboost.

2014 Ford Fusion 1.5L EcoBoost Automatic Design

Whatever remains of the Fusion experience, which all around is charming, with brilliant taking care of and a consistent ride, stays unaltered by the switch to the 1.5-liter. The more modest dislodging Fusion additionally mirrors its 1.6-liter ancestor regarding the matter of preventing (it stopped from 70 mph in the same 175 feet) and inquisitively trumps it around the skidpad (by 0.04 g) riding on the same tires, turning in a 0.84 g of figure.

Time has yet to dull the car's sultry, Aston Martin–like styling, however the entry of sand through the hourglass implies you'll experience a great deal of them all over the place. The lodge keeps on pleaing with clean shapes, quieted false wood touches, and delicate touch materials on the entryways and dashboard.

Down on Displacement, Same Verdict
Our SE test auto arrived sans one discriminating choice: Ford on occasion baffling Myford Touch infotainment framework. This managed us our first chance to go for a Fusion with the general Myford, non-touch-screen unit that still consolidates Ford's Sync voice-control innovation and is encompassed by—hold up for it—real hard catches! It doesn't mind that some of them are little and strangely grouped, and that visual route isn't accessible; what matters is that straightforward undertakings, for example, changing the radio station are far less difficult and way less occupying than with Myford Touch. Presently you know.

The choices fitted to our Fusion incorporated the un-attractive sounding $2050 Equipment Group 202a (cowhide seats and directing wheel, warmed force front seats, haze lights, chrome trim, and auto-darkening rearview mirror), $295 reinforcement sensors, $190 inflatable back  seatbelt airbags, and the previously stated $295 stop-begin framework. The 1.5l Ecoboost motor is a $795 charge. Counting everything up returns a general sticker of $27,890, an incredible quality suggestion for the levels of peaceful, unobtrusive extravagance, mileage, and style that the Fusion brings to the table.

Our verdict? The Fusion cedes just that additional tenth of driving engagement to our two medium size top choices, the Mazda 6 and the Honda Accord, and its 1.5-liter Ecoboost motor cedes nothing to the one-tenth-of-a-liter-bigger however ten-tenths dead 1.6 Ecoboost. That leaves those searching for refined medium size transportation little to lament in picki.

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