Faults:

The vinyl is coming off of the glove box, and scratches easily. Very cheaply made. Paint on body scratches easily as well.

General Comments:

It's a gas guzzler. I was told it gets on average 30 mpg. I have yet to see it get more than 16 mpg! The inside of the car is cheaply made and the vinyl is coming off on the glove box and scratches easily. The paint on the outside also scratches easily. Good performance, but cheaply made.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

I really like the car. It has good power for a 4 cyl and pulls hills easily with the 5 speed auto.

It's a quiet and smooth riding car, but handles well too.

It's the base model with automatic as the sole option, but full power, air and CD were standard. Very nice interior for 14K car.

The first tank I got 26 mpg, and since then its averaged 30 - 31.5, even with liberal use of the A/C. A highway trip yielded 34.5.

All in all, I am quite satisfied with the size and efficiency of this car. Oh yeah, it's a looker too!

Faults:

Nothing so far.

General Comments:

I think that it is really stylish and fun to drive. One thing that makes it really comfortable is that the steering wheel tilts and telescope, making it really easy to find a good driving position. The only thing that I am still wary about is that it is a ford so who knows how long it will last before it starts costing me some money, but over all it is a very very nice vehicle.

Faults:

Nothing so far, except for one headlight bulb burned out and was replaced under warranty for free. The bulb burned out sometime before 5,000 miles, but I could not tell it.

General Comments:

I am averaging about 28mpg with about a forth of those miles being in heavy city traffic. Not bad at all for a V-6 and an automatic four door roomy car with a huge trunk.

My only complaint is that I am disappointed that Ford does not offer the keypad combination entry keypad on the driver’s door at any cost on this car. I love this “life saving” option as my mother has it on her 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis and we lock the keys up in the car all the time, hidden, like when at ball games, the lake, hiking, or when we play super hard with the kids at parks and the city pool. When we pick the car up from being serviced, the next day before the shop opens, we just have them lock the keys up in the car under the visor. This keypad should be on all cars. I bought the top of the line Fusion and in all the excitement of buying the car, I didn’t even realize that the car didn’t offer this option until I had already signed for the car and got it home.

I tell you this key pad is super had to live without, even if your going out to check the mail and you then remembered that you need to get something out of the car, you don’t have to go back in the house and get the key, you just type in your code. You can send the kids to the car to get something out of it while at school functions with out having to trust them with not loosing the keys.

Anyway, I don’t want to sound like I work for Ford, because I don’t, but once you have relied on such a safety and convince option such at this, you will never want a car that does not have it.

My Impala was a company issued car and I had no choice in that matter, I gave up the company car to receive an additional $500 a month in salary.

Anyway if you want a solid car I can recommend the Fusion as mine has 22,000 miles on it and it still runs and drives like brand new. I think that Ford does have a winner with the Fusion. If you buy one, get the red color, but I can’t believe that ABS doesn’t come standard. ABS was like a $500 option.

Anyway the are great cars with plenty of power and good mpg.