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Small world - I saw that earlier this week because it also down the street from where I live, too...

Do any "insiders" know if the Conquest rebate is still available for a 2009 Fusion? It is the $1000 rebate for owning a non-ford vehicle. (Sounds like a strange reward, but whatever!) When I was looking at '08 Fusions back in May, all you needed to do was show a current registration for a non-Ford and you got the 1K. I just got off the phone with a dealer and was told that now for the '09's you need to receive a mailer/invitation from Ford in order to get this rebate. Since I trust dealers about as far as I can fling them, I figured I'd check here for confirmation! Thanks

Well, on Ford's website you can finally use the "build and price your Ford" feature and guess what? If I try to build an SAP equipped V6 SEL FWD, it will not let me add Navigation!! Very strange... I guess you found a workaround when you printed that example order. Doesn't matter, I like the Blue Suede Package version better now anyway!

It's there today - at least the build and price part of the website for the '09 Fusions...

I guess I don't really understand why when I was at the dealer a month ago (one of the largest in NJ) they tried to put pretty much the same order in and said the program would not let them. Then they showed me why in the order guide, where the leather codes were different for the SAP then the codes needed to have NAV. This really aggravates me as I walked away pissed off and as of today still am in limbo as to what to do. Originally I wanted to order a 2008 but after having a dealer sit on the order for a week was told I missed the cut-off for new orders. I was told the cut-off was 5/3 and I placed my order with the dealer on 5/5, and they did not tell me until 5/10. I have an X-plan pin number and have gotten nothing but frustration from these dealers in NJ. The last dealer I went to I dealt with the sales manager after being referred to him by a co-worker and being told that he would deal with me straight. He even offered me the same incentives ($3500 cash rebates) toward a '09 that were in effect at the time for the '08's. So I drove an hour to this dealer in the pouring rain only to leave empty handed. Is it possible that this was an issue with the program that has since been resolved? I got nowhere trying to get an answer directly from Ford on this issue either. Here is the long version of my frustrating saga: http://www.fordfusionclub.com/index.php?topic=111420.0

Does anybody know why you cannot order an SEL V6 with leather seats AND the NAV unit?! I tried to do so at a dealer and was told no. Also, the order guide says NAV is only available with leather seats (Y code) or with the Blue Suede option. The codes for leather seats in an SAP equipped Fusion do not contain the letter "Y". This seems utterly absurd to me!