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2019 Order Guide is out now. The V6 Sport now gets everything standard as base package (moon roof/sound/nav/heated wheel etc.) also including copilot 360 suite. Ebony now replaces grey interior, which is good news to some. carries over existing sport front bumper, but takes on the slight refreshed rear bumper on 2019s.

Looks like 2019 The Fusion Sport is kinda going out with a slight bang.... for 2019. It is now fully loaded as standard, everything in all upgrade packages are now standard and the sport is now just 1 base package. gets slight rear bumper refresh and finally a black interior! Would have been a better bang if it had a 8 speed like the Edge ST.

2019 now more items standard on SEL and above trims. Well I know from reviews that a lot of potential Sport buyers were put off by the grey interior, well 2019 now brings ebony intgerior back to the Fusion sport, so maybe it will attract more buyers to a Sport and now everything is Standard in a Sport. no more packages. per the 2019 order guide, a Sport is now offered fully loaded with everything even heated steering wheel and moon roof plus the full copilot360. only price upgrades are the premium colors.

2019 just got a slight bumper refresh.... but no idea if the Sport front gets the partial refresh.

My 3.5 NA is still running strong, at 65K miles now

I think the ST version of the Edge looks worse than the Sport (especially the exhaust outlets)

The other question regarding seats, will the sport trim even offer ebony later on? the only option is some earth grey which is not dark in person. I only like ebony

I lost interest kinda in the 2017 sport trim. no ebony leather available. the dark earth grey in videos and photos is a bit too light for my tastes. maybe 2018/2019 will bring ebony or charcoal as an option for the sport trim...

I looked at new updates on this MKZ and build guide. The pricing gets lost a bit with the mix of options. they never made the rear LED bars solid, which looks very outdated now. If the Fusion 2017 refresh has solid bars and a tesla like shape in the rear which looks sharp, yet the new 2017 MKZ did not refresh the rear lighting.... Maybe we should wait a year or so to maybe see if they update it a little? the front is nice and one of the wheel options looks very nice, the black pocket one, but cannot have it if you get the sport tuned package, the pinwheel is the sport tuned MKZ wheel

I am gonna sit around and wait to see if Magnaflow or Borla makes a cat-back for this. It will look much better with flared and wider exhaust tips, more like the Acura TL Type-S than a Grand Am GT

I am satisfied with every new feature of the new 2017 Fusion Sport. but kinda would miss a regular shifter. The wheels are nice, but I am kinda not getting the dark gun metal as a good color to go with certain paints. It sure will look good on Magnetic / White / Silver / Black though. Would be nice if they smoked the rear chrome trim like the previous 11/12 Sport vs the other 2017 trims

Really would be a great deal if the Fusion ST comes out and it has this same powertrain instead of the 2.7L mentioned

hope the rear even it is unchanged is no longer pixelated

Wait on the Fusion ST if it happens, the quad tips look cool, but I want to know the actual HP that will be provided, might not be worth it at 300. would be nice to be Taurus SHO territory at least for a lighter and smaller sedan also with AWD. I am hoping it is 350 HP at least, of course needs to still allow the market for the 5.0 mustangs.

Just wanted to share that I did bite the bullet and replace my Steeda Oiled Filter with the Amsoil Universal Air Filter which does not require oil. the nice catch is the material is already blue just like the Steeda if it has been oiled. The performance seems to be no gain or loss. It appears to work just fine as a substitute. I used Amsoil EAAU6075-EA which did fit the exact dimensions of the Filter used either in the 3.0 or 3.5 CAI set up. It does not come with inverted cone, but has nice chrome top with engraved Amsoil logo. All you have to do during cleaning is just vacuum the outside of it or blow air inside to loosen dirt on the outer filter area. This is the Filter after 500 miles.

The lightning firm makes a very nice one and it does not have the pony badge, thank god... you should look into that one, it does look good on the fusion and it is discreet with no badge. gives you options, carbon fiber upgrade and grill slats if you want them or not, or just a smooth mesh grill. can get it body color matched, but I am kinda saying the one you posted does have one thing some like, the honeycomb, but sure hope the badge is removable and does not leave some outline.

How about the Malibu? is it more in the same mid-size category as the Fusion over the Impala? but could get the Malibu maybe to 3LT level to be 30K or less? but I am sure dealers have them for lower cause I was going by MSRP, by the way the Malibu is redesigned for 2016. I would look into the 2015 Dodge Charger SXT with the 8 speed and Pentastar engine. It is a good deal and RWD, you would go over MSRP budget if you got the AWD version by 2K. But to me, I got my Fusion Sport 2011 when it was brand new off a lot and was sold to me via truecar at 7K off MSRP. so I am sure you can look into locking on good prices below 30K for any of the cars you are looking at.

I am at 4.4 with DR3T-14D544-AF

I know that sync updates and nav updates are separate, I was just mentioning that my current radio background had Navteq 7.X when it use to be 4.X from the factory, yes I got that update from Navteq, that includes gracenote and NAV map/software updates. but with the new sync update, it had some improvements on sync features. I guess its not available for 2010 yet. mine is a 1st generation system too.

I had to fiddle by taking optimal settings off a thread to adjust bass treble to best settings, did you already match the settings as in your grandfather's Sony system, then troubleshoot from there, unless he no longer has it?

I was able to update via the website and USB stick based on my owner account at Ford, it now brought my sync to version 4.4 Mine was 3.2.2 for a long time until recently they came out with a new update. the voice response commands work a bit better and understand me more. everything else seems good as well. I have the Factory NAV version, that also had been updated from to 7.0x with Gracenote update previously.

V6 engine may be more durable in long run for the car size? 26mpg, I have a 3.5L which is worse in mpg than the 3.0L you tried and I do get 31-32 with full highway driving. I thought traction control was standard even with the generation 1, I guess not. a 100 mile drive? are the options identical inside for comfort? for me and a long commute, I would take the V6 even mpg will be worse, but there will be no strain feel to the drive at times and passing power will be better.

I was doing business and I was able to get the 2015 base SE Charger to just check it out, I have some interest in possibly getting a Scat Pack R/T further down the road. My fusion has performance suspension mods, and is a narrower car, but the 15 did not seem floaty like the 11 5 speed challenger I rented years ago, it had a lot going for a the base model. I was quite surprised that Dodge has really added more standard features to the base SE model. leather wrapped steering wheel, leather center console, leather door arm rests. the only option added to this was the popular equipment package ($595) just adds remote start/sirius/park sensors. It is wider and longer, but driving it felt like a smaller car. The 8 speed transmission is very smooth and I liked the smooth pick up feel when parking the car as well. The park assist thing was interesting, exact same effect as my fusion, the sounds, the sensitivity, but since the base model does not come with a rear view camera like mine, it did actually have a display in the gauge panel with the car and color bars, they would move closer to the car from certain angles showing that you were getting close to an object. It did of course have the current mpg that I miss out on with the fusion. But I went into the menu settings and found all these neat things, you can customize what you want on each corner or the center of the lcd center display of the gauge cluster. the menu pages were mind blowing for a base model, I know they all talk all about the performance pages that are on SRT/Hellcat etc. but this was able to give me a gauge display of avg mpg/current mpg/battery voltage/oil pressure/oil temp/transmission temp/ and a diagram of the car showing each current Tire Psi. I set it to prefer center to show digital speedometer, top with current mpg rate, and opted the gear selection to display just the gear and also it would provide me current gear it was shifting into during drive. Dual climate control was also standard The day time running LED headlight borders are nice touch and are not pixelated. and the rear tail light border display is no longer pixelated like the previous 14 model

Yes, I have them on my Fusion Sport without any spacers, they clear the stock calipers and work fine, but I did add hub centric rings to match up just to be safe.

Nice color, I drive an F250/E350 at work and sometimes it gets tricky getting back into my low sitting car after work