silvrsvt Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Was Monday! http://www.at.ford.com/news/cn/Pages/Mark%20Fields%20Visits%20Ford%20of%20Mexico%20to%20Celebrate%20the%202013%20Fusion%20Job%201.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Funny how you had to find out about it from Ford's employee website and not the Ford Media site. With such an important launch, you would think Ford would have a press release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonj80 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Funny how you had to find out about it from Ford's employee website and not the Ford Media site. With such an important launch, you would think Ford would have a press release. You will see a press release when the okay to ship call is made. They will pile up in lots to be sure there are no problems and then be shipped out. If Ford would have held the Escapes a bit longer they wouldn't have had a recall on them as none would have been in consumers hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BORG Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Exciting! Production was originally scheduled for August 13th with anticipated retail on September 13th. So I would say we will have new Fusions by early October. Edited August 23, 2012 by BORG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Exciting! Production was originally scheduled for August 13th I believe production did still start on the 13th. The ceremonial "Job1" is merely a photo op a few weeks after things get rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKII Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Damn fine looking machine. Photo courtesy of http://www.smallstepsonourjourney.com/2012/08/2013-ford-fusion-meets-fusion-cooking.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8-X Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Damn fine looking machine. From that angle, or the front in general, I totally agree, very sexy. Still have issues with the style from the profile and rear from all the images I've seen. Same goes with the new Escape too. I'm beginning to wonder if Ford spends too much time on the design of the front, and not enough on the rest of the exterior of some of their recent releases. And I'm not trying to say this will be a bad car, I have high hopes for it as I've liked the prior two Fusion models. Edited August 23, 2012 by V8-X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Damn fine looking machine. Photo courtesy of http://www.smallstep...on-cooking.html There is a car in the photo?.....oh, wait....nope, still not seeing it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Exciting! Production was originally scheduled for August 13th with anticipated retail on September 13th. So I would say we will have new Fusions by early October. Im almost willing to wager against that date....my guess is...................DECEMBER at the earliest, hope im wrong but Ive been down THIS road before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BORG Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Im almost willing to wager against that date....my guess is...................DECEMBER at the earliest, hope im wrong but Ive been down THIS road before. No, it will be early October at the latest or Ford will have a catastrophe on its hands with no Fusion inventory. Edited August 23, 2012 by BORG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Im almost willing to wager against that date....my guess is...................DECEMBER at the earliest, hope im wrong but Ive been down THIS road before. That is nearly 4 months away now! I can see late September/October Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BORG Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Does anybody here have a Fusion on order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Does anybody here have a Fusion on order? I would have if we weren't doing so much home improvement work. I'll probably wait a couple of months and try to find one on the lot. Titanium Ruby Red w/19" grey wheels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Herb Chambers Ford and Jannell Ford have 2013 Fusions listed as on order posted on their websites. In the past, they got the cars within four weeks after they were posted. I hope this holds true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Herb Chambers Ford and Jannell Ford have 2013 Fusions listed as on order posted on their websites. In the past, they got the cars within four weeks after they were posted. I hope this holds true. There is no way to know at this point. They haven't issued the OK to Buy and that won't happen until they've built Fusions with no errors for 5 straight days. Could be next week, could be a month from now. And the ones being built now are held for inspection and possible repair before they actually get shipped to the dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewfanGRB Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) Damn, that is a beautiful car. I'm pretty much fully on board with this being my car. Just gorgeous. Side note: Are there signal repeaters in the mirrors? I guess I must've overlooked this. Edited August 24, 2012 by BrewfanGRB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKII Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Yes the new Fusion has the signal indicators in the side-vew mirrors Ford’s 2013 Fusion is a tech blockbuster http://ev.sae.org/article/10547 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosetang Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 For the love of Shelby, someone break the review embargo already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Herb Chambers Ford and Jannell Ford have 2013 Fusions listed as on order posted on their websites. In the past, they got the cars within four weeks after they were posted. I hope this holds true. nope...sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 No, it will be early October at the latest or Ford will have a catastrophe on its hands with no Fusion inventory. I dont think they care...this is THE biggest release they have had in how many years...there cant be one hiccup. Also, remember the fiesta?....October became FEBUARY...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 I dont think they care...this is THE biggest release they have had in how many years...there cant be one hiccup. Also, remember the fiesta?....October became FEBUARY...... But also remember the Fusion is selling in the 20K Range each month...Ford only has 18194 Fusions left in the country if Cars.com data is believable. I don't think Ford wants to give up that much marketshare by not having a product to sell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I dont think they care...this is THE biggest release they have had in how many years...there cant be one hiccup. Also, remember the fiesta?....October became FEBUARY...... IIRC, wasn't a large part of that was trouble with trains from deep central Mexico after big storms washes out the track? Whereas Hermosillo is much closer to the border, relatively speaking of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKII Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 (edited) Another nice image of the Titanium spec Edited August 25, 2012 by MKII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhead727 Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) Does anybody here have a Fusion on order? I ordered an awd titanium Edited August 28, 2012 by jarhead727 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I'm beginning to wonder if Ford spends too much time on the design of the front Because you only like the front? That's an odd conclusion to draw. "I don't like the back, therefore they should have spent more time on it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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