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I haven't seen the old threads. is it even on page one? Lol, and I don't live here...BUT THAT'S AWESOME..thanks for telling. Now i feel muchhhhh better :DDDDDD I LOVE YOU!

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I couldn't believe when my boss told me today that the new 2013 Fusions are being recalled because they overheat and explode...It was unbelievable...and then i went to the gym and came back and he leaves this on my desk.....this article... It's real...i cant believe it...it's real... and the 2013 ford fusion is not only being recalled...but its being recalled for perhaps one of the most dangerous reasons i've heard of lately...catching on fire!!!!! What the hell is this Ford... Now I'm actually scared to be getting the hybrid titanium because it's so new...if the 2013 regular/hybrid se are having these problems then what would the new hybrid titanium which is suppose to be built on the same platform be like? Will this undoubtedly set that back??? I mean they have to fix the regular ones asap and all the ones that have been sold already... This is very terrible news... and sadly right when Ford has made the biggest push to improve their image in like years...and could use an image boost once this becomes widely known their image will be ruined again as an unreliable brand. http://www.usatoday....recall/1738845/ Still not canceling my pre-order though xD ...

Exactly!

What herman said is true...that was my status as well with my original SE Hybrid in late August UNTIL MY CAR WENT INTO PRODUCTION in late october.. In order processing, material hold just means Ford has accepted your order and its sitting in the line queue until they are ready to pick up a handful and say...pass these on to the production queues...until then you're just in line hoping they'll grab yours in their next stack....now since they are not even producing these vehicles yet..just about everyone is sitting in their FFH Titanium file cabinet on material hold because they arent even building them or have the materials yet. It is normal and no there is no shortage of parts for a car they are not even building yet.

I like the NAV ability to allow the directions to show up on the right side of the SYNC screen in the dashboard area...that's a feature i like a lot because it makes looking at the coming turns and information so simple.

No one has a VIN yet because production hasn't even started and it's issued just before production begins. By that time you'll see a lot of VINs showing up in the X-Plan pricing employee forum because people will want Cyberdman to track their orders so you can take those and look them up online or whatever. I ordered mine almost a month ago so I'm pretty sure I'm at the front of the list. I'll cost me around $35,287 before taxes (Invoice price for my build is $35,031). This is around $1,000 extra versus getting the fully loaded SE Hybrid so for me the wait is a no brained to get thousands of dollars worth of extra stuff "for little to nothing". Going to try and get the extra $750 private rebate off since it works with X-Plan as well.

Ford has officially released build information for the 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid Titanium to any company that has requested it for their configurators. NADA Guides has been one of the first to get information regarding the 2013 Ford Fusion this summer and once again with the upcoming Hybrid Titanium. The good news with Ford finally releasing this data is that they are getting close to production. They released information to Nada within a month of officially releasing their official configurator on their website and so if all else, everything is going according to plan and I have a feeling the mid-december production start date is the most accurate. I don't know where all that January business is coming from, but I'd expect there to be problems with the production schedule if they are starting that late. So are you ready to price and build your Hybrid Titanium? Click the link below..choose your colors, wheel choices, features...and see what the MSRP and Invoice prices turn out to be. Compare that to your X-Plan price and don't forget to subtract $500 from your final X-Plan total (current incentive for hybrids assuming it's carried to the titanium hybrid as well) and you should be within a $100-$260 of invoice pricing which isn't bad without negotiations! Enjoy!! http://www.nadaguides.com/Cars/2013/Ford/Fusion/4dr-Sdn-Titanium-Hybrid-FWD/Pricing

Well that's exciting. As one of the originals around here you better post a billion pictures inside and out and share details one very small thing! I expect nothing less than a perfect thread on your new car when it arrives for the rest of us to ooo and ahhh and take notes on lol.

Not the best review..but I'm starting to see that I don't like C&D's reviews of the Fusion in general or how they seem to have biased opinions towards the Fusion's competition..but nonetheless a review is a review and here is this one. http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2013-ford-fusion-hybrid-road-test-review One thing I WILL PRAISE..is the VERY BEAUTIFUL pictures of the Fusion Hybrid in Deep Impact Blue...some of the best real world pictures of this car I have EVER seen to date...the pictures are beautiful, vibrant and really make this car stand apart from its surroundings as a luxury vehicle..even in the ghetto where some of the pictures were taken (why you would leave a new 2013 fusion in an empty lot in downtown is beyond me lol) But take a look at the gallery as its sure to impress some of you as well.

Very nice pictures! That's one sweet sports car ;D

Here's the article. There are some interesting points commenters brought up. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1080647_2013-ford-fusion-energi-pricing-higher-than-chevy-volt-after-incentives

i know right..im glad the hybrid titanium is a spotting image of the gas model..im really excited!

Wow..our vehicles are like the exact same...even all-weather floor mats. you're like my long lost twin or something lol...AND you got x-plan too? Lol. good job! Mines fully loaded with just about everything money can buy so unless there was some tech you passed on ours will probably be the exact same lol.

Now those are great finds. Thanks for posting that.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I brought this up just as an interesting point to look out for BEFORE most of us make our final purchases...i mean everyones looking at all these other senseless things to me and i just thought we should keep an eye out on actual mileage people are getting on the hybrid and start a thread to get real feedback from people who bought the hybrid or actually know how to drive one...but all i am hearing are men and women biting my head off for even being suspicious in the first place like this is the all-holy god car and Ford or the EPA would NEVER be wrong about anything anything about this car. Just because you're purchasing something you like doesn't mean you have to delude yourself into thinking its perfect. You haven't even driven it yet...but people HAVE...thousands have...im talking to those people not any of you without the car yet..so if you have a problem with me asking 2013 fusion hybrid owners to state their real world knowledge and mpg then get out of this thread and move on if this topic doesn't interest you.

Thanks for the pictures. love the wheels..keep it clean! this car is too good to keep dirty...but that hood as shown on the second picture is hella crooked. Get it straightened while the dealer may still be able to do it for free. Idk how they would though..it looks good from the side going down..its just the lower front of the hood that seems off.

Interesting..then the ford fusion hybrid should be at 47mpg right off the bat...i find it hard to believe over 100 professional car review companies can't drive a hybrid correctly... and with the millions of prius owners on the road...many of them now with a 2013 fusion hybrid..i'd think they would know how to drive a hybrid to so the argument "THE NUMBERS ARE LOW CAUSE PEOPLE DONT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE HYBRIDS" is just a dumb assumption to make..honestly..If the car isnt showing numbers you like don't assume the person driving the car doesn't know how to drive a car..hybrids arent new and many people have driven them before...this isnt the first hybrid in america and it certainly isn't fords first hybrid so lets get those arguments out the door as this car gives you plenty of training techniques while driving so its SAFER to assume anyone driving a 2013 fusion hybrid IS driving correctly and TRYING to maximize mpg...unless they're blind or so confident in their driving abilities they turned off all hybrid training screens that were on by default. Nonetheless, with your argument it proves something may be up with the numbers as well if break in period isnt a worry.

now that IS interesting too...for you you were doing great right off the bat..and just 4 fill ups until you were within 5mpg of the EPA rating..the Fusion seems to be 10mpg under epa estimates even after hundreds of miles have been put on the vehicle...and even so in cold temperatures you werent that bad...the automagazines had this car in september and october people..far from winter and not that cold..if anything its the transition periods of spring and fall that are the most you'll be driving in through any year in not winter or summer alone so if you get good estimates in sping or fall you're pretty well set for summer anyway..and it looks like you did. Also..cold weather shouldnt drastically drop mpg by that much in the first place..even in winter you were doing great. i still have my suspicions on Fords hybrid technology in the 2013 premiere fusion and the EPA estimates now that real facts are coming in from real drivers. i have no doubt the car can get in the low 40s...maybe even reach 47 under optimal conditions or in the dead of summer surpass it lol. NEED MORE INFO

That's great to hear! ..exactly what i want to hear too..i could care less the speculations from non 2013 fusion hybrid owners but hearing what you said is inspiring for me to say the least..hopefully it wasnt some strange anomaly and you'll continue to get that.

Here is an interesting article talking about the Topic Title of this thread. http://www.greencarr...-to-epa-ratings Now people have all suggested that this car has a break in period of random numbers of miles. Some people say 5,000 others say 6,000..some say 500..who really knows. It could be that the fact that these are new vehicles that haven't had the thousands of miles put on them yet so aren't delivering 47 combined yet or anything close to it. It may also be that Ford has created a vehicle that works perfectly in tight testing situations the EPA uses for all vehicles in general just to get a MPG so high knowing in real world terms this car would not get anywhere near that. Who knows.. What I do find interesting is anyone who gets a brand new Prius gets MPG of at least the EPA rating of 50pmg...most people seem to get 55-60pmg and to me that's phenomenal. That's so much more over the EPA's rating and the 50MPG EPA rating is great in itself. So I decided to look at the real world mileage of other new hybrids in America as well to see if Ford's new Fusion hybrid (i pre ordered the titanium hybrid myself) needs to be forgiven because it's so new or if it needs to be watched carefully as it will be unlikely to live up to its ratings. Next on the list was a brand new Prius V rated at 44/40 and drivers seem to be getting anywhere from 43 to 50mpg...again...extraordinary... Next up the Toyota Camry Hybrid rated at 43/39. Hundreds of drivers have gotten anywhere from 38 to 51...not bad. Next up the Honda Civic Hybrid rated at 44/44 (lets get away from the Toyotathon going on) and real world numbers seem to be high 30s which are pissing a lot of people off, but the low 40s is what a lot of reports have been reporting and that's not that bad in the real world.. All in all, I wouldn't say I'm worried at this point...but I would say I'm concerned. An EPA rating of 47mpg and no one seems to be able to achieve near that makes me wonder how the EPA got those numbers? Real world tests have all shown low 40s the highest...high 30s (37+) the norm...and who is to say what the "break-in" period is for this car as others don't seem to really need one. From the looks of things hybrid technology is still at the top of Toyota's game and Honda, like so many others are just trying to keep up....but then out of nowhere Ford pulls off some unbelievable magic..making a car heavier and longer than the competition with numbers that soar up into the heavens... I'll admit when I first heard it was going to get 47mpg combined I thought that was pure magic..I just hope it's as good on the street as it is in the EPA's test labs. Granted...It's been known the EPA inflates numbers for hybrids. In fact it has been reported these numbers are inflated by as much as 20%!! Now...at 20% inflation that would make the fusion hybrid's actual MPG not 47 but 37.6 ...and ironically that is exactly what people have been reporting in the 2013 fusion hybrid right now..numbers in the 37's generally. But that's 10MPG less than the EPA rating...which is HUGE as the 47 is what is selling these hybrids like hotcakes. I doubt 37mpg would make the hybrid look any more special than the gas models. But if I went by this...how is it that most other hybrids are within 5% of their EPA rating? How is it that other hybrids are surpassing their EPA ratings right out the door by up to 10MPG? If this 20% was applied to the Prius it would get a real world mileage of 40MPG but people can easily get 55-60. The Civic Hybrid would get 35.2MPG but people are easily getting at least 40. I just think it's strange and without jumping to conclusions I will only say we need to keep an eye on more hybrids around here...not just the titanium trim in general...especially since many of the titanium trims on this forum are the hybrids now.. myford touch and phone compatibility and rear lights and style are all fine..but the reason we are getting the hybrid is because of the numbers and if the numbers don't match up we'll all have a problem and it wont have anything to do with your trunk being misaligned by a millimeter or you not getting the 19-inch rims you dream of. Rims won't mean anything if you're filling up as much as the gas car next to you and you have to keep pulling out your wallet for a car you thought you'd rarely have to fill up in principle. So keep a watchful eye out for anything you can find on hybrid fusion MPG because it should be on all of our lists of things to make sure is acceptable if you're getting the hybrid.

For a full list of phones that are compatible with SYNC please check out the following post and its PDF attachment: http://www.blueovalforums.com/forums/index.php?/topic/51717-sync-the-phones-weve-tested-so-far/

This will be useful for many of you. It is a list of all the popular phones listed by Manufacturer and then by Service that work with SYNC from Microsoft. To make the list even better it will show you what exact SYNC phone features your phone will be able to have with your car: Caller ID Transfer To Privacy Auto Phonebook Download Call History Download Join Calls SMS or TEXT Messaging Audio Streaming Photo ID Phone Tethering Not all of these SYNC features are available to all phones. Please check the attachment to see what your phone may do. Please keep in mind this list doesn't have some of the latest phones, but will give you a good idea of how your phone should perform based on if your phone is made by the same manufacturer or is the latest version of an old line of phones (such as the DROID phones for Verizon or the EVO line for Sprint) so if you have an EVO 3D and the PDF only shows EVO 4G compatibility chances are your phone should have the same compatibility. sync_us_EN_iop_2_00.pdf

Here is the official 2013 Fusion brochure.. a bit different from the ones posted previously. This includes everything you need to know about the Titanium Hybrid, wheel options for it and some other information. http://www.2shared.com/document/lscesHju/Brochure.html

Those images were taken in 2009...so none of those are 2013 fusions at all...Lol.