ANTAUS Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 LINK-Autoline.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005Explorer Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Cool video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Thanks Antaus, That was very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Sounds like it works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 impresive, I didn't know they were coming out with a AWD version, is that coming this year or next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 impresive, I didn't know they were coming out with a AWD version, is that coming this year or next? I think this fall...Job 2 which is September Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swenson88 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I think this fall...Job 2 which is September So are all three triplets getting AWD this year? If so, are the Milan and Fusion getting the AWD but not the 3.5L V6? Personally, an I4 AWD Fusion or Milan would work very nicely for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 So are all three triplets getting AWD this year? If so, are the Milan and Fusion getting the AWD but not the 3.5L V6? Personally, an I4 AWD Fusion or Milan would work very nicely for me. I believe you can only get the AWD with the V6 ... for some reason ... but yes, all ofthe triplets get AWD this year, but Milan and Fusion keep the smaller V6 Igor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swenson88 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I believe you can only get the AWD with the V6 ... for some reason ... but yes, all ofthe triplets get AWD this year, but Milan and Fusion keep the smaller V6 Igor I still don't understand that line of thinking, and it seems to be what every company does. There really are some of us for who 13s+ 0-60 time is just fine. Honestly. I drive an F250 right now (for no rational reason) and about the only time that tach needle goes over 2K rpm is on the highway. On a regular basis I probably do 0-60 in ~20s, maybe more. There's no rush. It annoys me that 4x4 Rangers only come with a V6, even though that 3.0 barely has more power than the 2.3L I4 and gets horrendous mileage. An AWD Fusion 4-cyl would be entirely adequate for me and get me better mileage than a V6 version. You'd think in these times with astronomical gas prices manufacturers would be trying to squeeze in every mpg they could. Guess it's just me, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanatWork Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I still don't understand that line of thinking, and it seems to be what every company does. There really are some of us for who 13s+ 0-60 time is just fine. Honestly. I drive an F250 right now (for no rational reason) and about the only time that tach needle goes over 2K rpm is on the highway. On a regular basis I probably do 0-60 in ~20s, maybe more. There's no rush. It annoys me that 4x4 Rangers only come with a V6, even though that 3.0 barely has more power than the 2.3L I4 and gets horrendous mileage. An AWD Fusion 4-cyl would be entirely adequate for me and get me better mileage than a V6 version. You'd think in these times with astronomical gas prices manufacturers would be trying to squeeze in every mpg they could. Guess it's just me, though. Barely more power? It's almost half again more hp! We can also agree to disagree on "horrendous" mileage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swenson88 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Barely more power? It's almost half again more hp! We can also agree to disagree on "horrendous" mileage... You know I was referring to the 3.0L Vulcan in the Ranger, right? The 2.3L I4 in the ranger gets 143hp/153tq, the 3.0L V6 gets 148hp/180tq. I think you were thinking of the Duratec, which doesn't go in the Ranger. And a 3.0L V6 Ranger gets the same mpg as the 4.0L (which friends state is ~17-18mpg, not much better than any fullsizer), which begs the question why even offer it? The Ranger should have both the I4 and 4.0L V6 offered across the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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