Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the 2015 falcon and current Fusion share the same platform?It's the existing E8 RWD platform and it's the last Falcon.
It would be nice if the Fusion was a u.s. version of the Falcon. I think the current Falcon has a supercharged 5.0Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the 2015 falcon and current Fusion share the same platform?
I still want a Mustang-powered V8 manual fusion and if it's the same chassis as the Falcon (and IIRC, the same/similar rear suspension to the 2015 Mustang), then it's possible.It would be nice if the Fusion was a u.s. version of the Falcon. I think the current Falcon has a supercharged 5.0
They're not the same. Totally different cars. As far as I'm aware the Falcon doesn't share it's platform with anything except maybe the Ute which is only sold down there also.I still want a Mustang-powered V8 manual fusion and if it's the same chassis as the Falcon (and IIRC, the same/similar rear suspension to the 2015 Mustang), then it's possible.
I guess it was the 2014 Fusion and Mondeo have a similar rear integral link suspension as the 2015 Mustang:They're not the same. Totally different cars. As far as I'm aware the Falcon doesn't share it's platform with anything except maybe the Ute which is only sold down there also.
No they're not related in any way. Falcon's E8 platform is unique to anything else - only used for the utility as MPH pointed out, and the Australian-only Territory SUV is also based off it. They'll all be discontinued at the end of 2016.Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the 2015 falcon and current Fusion share the same platform?
Deciding later this year? :frusty:The only hope for a RWD sedan will be something based off the S550 (by the way, does S550's platform have a name?). Currently, or apparently, later this year Ford will decide on whether or not they'll go down that route. I think they need it; it's not fitting for this brand to be focusing mainly on bum-draggers when even the Koreans see the value of RWD performance/prestige saloons.
Wake up, Ford!
Yeah and I'm not holding my breath either.Deciding later this year? :frusty:
Ford should be developing this NOW. In fact, they should have started development a long time ago. When was GRWD (Global Rear Wheel Drive) touted? Just before the recession and near collapse of GM and Chrysler, if my memory serves. It would have been a brave decision (and I guess hindsight is a wonderful thing), but if they had pressed ahead with GRWD back then we'd already be reaping the benefit NOW, and Ford wouldn't be playing catchup with not only GM and Chrysler, but the Koreans too :(