It was a definite sign of the times over the weekend when I accidentally handed my passport to a Ford of Kirkland salesman in
place of a valid driver’s license and was still allowed to test drive not four, but five of their vehicles. FORD FUSION (2.5L Inline 4) The first thing that struck me about this car was the bumper. Momentarily blinded by the sun’s reflection off the handsomely crafted hood, I smashed my shin Nancy Kerrigan hard against the front of the car as Ford’s salesperson/human lo-jack device was handing me the keys. He paused, most likely considering whether the passport fandango that had occurred several moments earlier combined with my apparent inability to notice where the car began and ended might be an indication that I intended to navigate the Fusion solely by the vocal cues of the GPS and the taps of a cane out the window. But no, the drive went without incident and the Fusion proved to be about what you would expect from an economy sedan. That is to say, it drove like a big Focus. Likes: 27/34 mpg, starts at under 20k and doesn’t look like an economy sedan.
Dislikes: Definitely drives like an economy sedan.