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Drivesthebeast,Mar 16 2006, 08:52 AM Wrote:I think they are just going to have the SVT engineers helping with the mechanical design for all of new cars coming down the pipe...adding some real-world performance to the vehicles, rather than putting on body kits or shift knobs and chrome exhaust tips and calling the car "sporty". 

An example of this performance help would be the Fusion.  My dad got word from a very reliable source in Michigan that Ford intends to release an ST version of the Fusion with the engine bored out to 3.5L, and producing anywhere between 250 and 275hp from the factory in the 2007 models.  Also, there was rumour to be an SVT variant that would be bored out to 3.8L, and produce 300hp as well...kinda like having a front wheel drive mustang with 4 doors...  I'll see if my dad can get more info on either of these cars.  That would be so cool to have a Fusion, or a Ford period, that is in the same HP league as a 3.5L Altima or Maxima, or an Accord or 3.2TL....give we, the people, what we want! If you build it, we will come....
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They could simply use the MazdaSport 6 Driveline! This is simply a bad move by Ford. I think with the cuts rumors have it that the employees at SVT are going to be reassigned or let go. As teh SRT line from Chrysler Flourishes, the Ford team cuts the SVT program. If GM were smart they would hire them and let them have unlimted control. I had a feeling that the SVT team was looking at a lot more all wheel drive products, to compete with cars like the STI. A 300 HP all wheel drive Fusion would have been nice!

David