The 2013 Ford Fusion, Mondeo for Indians and the Europeans, wins AutoWeek’s “Best in Show” award!

Ford unveiled the 2012 Ford Fusion Sedan at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show, a.k.a. the North American International Auto Show. Wide applause all around was what the Fusion sedan got for its catchy design, so much so that AutoWeek has now adjudged the Fusion as the “Best in Show” with an award to accompany. The Fusion sedan, will be labelled the Mondeo for the European and even perhaps the Indian market. The Fusion is a D-segment sedan that will take on the likes of the Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry when it makes its debut in late 2012.

2013 Ford Fusion/Mondeo Sedan

On whether this car will be relaunched in India remains unknown at this point in time. However, folks who have been keenly observing the Indian car market would remember that Ford did sell the Mondeo sedan in India few years ago. Although the car was a hoot to drive around and a superb performer, it didn’t find many takers in a market dominated by wholly and solely by the then Honda Accord sedan. This led to Ford stopping the import of the Mondeo for the Indian market and ever since, the Indian D-segment sedan space hasn’t seen a Ford yet.

2013 Ford Fusion/Mondeo Sedan

Coming back to the 2013 Ford Fusion, it is a car that Ford has put together by blending the best bits of the American Fusion and the European Mondeo, to emerge with a world car with a single design philosophy. A range of EcoBoost turbopetrol engines will power thsi car for the North American market while Europe, being diesel continent, might get the customary TDCI diesel engines under the hood when the Fusion arrives as the Mondeo. Ford is also lining up a hybrid version of the Fusion called the Energi, that will be launched in early 2013.

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