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We don't like waiting. When I press a button on my iPhone, I better see the next screen before I can even think that I'm not seeing the next screen.
Yes, I grew up in the days of computers that were labelled 286 or, ooh la la, 486. We ran Windows 3.1. There was a time when even Firefox seemed quick. By those ancient standards, a modern car's infotainment unit might seem downright supersonic. But this isn't 1989. Or 2003. It's 2015, and MyFordTouch's "Loading..." icon is immensely irritating.
Doesn't stop me from enjoying a drive down a twisty road in the always-surprising 2015 Ford Fusion. How many mainstream midsize sedans make me want to go for a drive just for the sake of going for a drive? Maybe three. And this most definitely ranks high in that trio, aided no doubt by its all-wheel-drive and 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder.
We just put together this quick clip at the end of an long drive in this week's GCBC tester, a 2015 Fusion Titanium EcoBoost AWD with more than $7000 in options, so you can be the judge of the system's speed.
- Gcbc's Most Popular Auto Sales Figures - April 2015
Extra attention paid to the Audi A3 during the month of April by way of news that the RS3 variant would come to North America powered traffic to GCBC's sales tracking page for the Audi A3. Only the Ford F-Series' page was viewed more often....
- 2015 Ford Fusion Titanium Awd Review - Yet Another Ford Driver's Car
It’s a Detroit midsize sedan that I drove just for the sake of driving. That’s a verdict in and of itself. This heavily optioned 2015 Ford Fusion, a Titanium EcoBoost AWD model loaned to us by Ford Canada for the final week of March, isn’t...
- Auto News For Friday, March 27, 2015 - New Kia Optima, New Scion Ia
Here are seven must-read, must-watch auto news stories, reviews, and videos for Friday, March 27, 2015. FUTURE The next Kia Optima appears to be a sufficiently effective evolution of the current Kia Optima. We’ll see much more when the...
- 2015 Ford Escape Titanium Review - Bad At Shovelling
After only one brief stint in last week’s 2015 Ford Escape tester, I was already angry with this heavily optioned Titanium AWD specimen. The anger had nothing to do with our first drive to the other side of Halifax. And I wasn’t even...
- The Good 12 V3.0 - Part Iii
FORD FUSION HYBRID Specifying one specific Fusion model when the whole range of Ford's mid-size sedan has been improved may seem surprising at first glance. Consider the Fusion Hybrid's conventional way of going about its business, however,...
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2015 Ford Fusion Titanium MyFordTouch Video - Is This Laggy?
Yes, I grew up in the days of computers that were labelled 286 or, ooh la la, 486. We ran Windows 3.1. There was a time when even Firefox seemed quick. By those ancient standards, a modern car's infotainment unit might seem downright supersonic. But this isn't 1989. Or 2003. It's 2015, and MyFordTouch's "Loading..." icon is immensely irritating.
Doesn't stop me from enjoying a drive down a twisty road in the always-surprising 2015 Ford Fusion. How many mainstream midsize sedans make me want to go for a drive just for the sake of going for a drive? Maybe three. And this most definitely ranks high in that trio, aided no doubt by its all-wheel-drive and 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder.
We just put together this quick clip at the end of an long drive in this week's GCBC tester, a 2015 Fusion Titanium EcoBoost AWD with more than $7000 in options, so you can be the judge of the system's speed.
- Gcbc's Most Popular Auto Sales Figures - April 2015
Extra attention paid to the Audi A3 during the month of April by way of news that the RS3 variant would come to North America powered traffic to GCBC's sales tracking page for the Audi A3. Only the Ford F-Series' page was viewed more often....
- 2015 Ford Fusion Titanium Awd Review - Yet Another Ford Driver's Car
It’s a Detroit midsize sedan that I drove just for the sake of driving. That’s a verdict in and of itself. This heavily optioned 2015 Ford Fusion, a Titanium EcoBoost AWD model loaned to us by Ford Canada for the final week of March, isn’t...
- Auto News For Friday, March 27, 2015 - New Kia Optima, New Scion Ia
Here are seven must-read, must-watch auto news stories, reviews, and videos for Friday, March 27, 2015. FUTURE The next Kia Optima appears to be a sufficiently effective evolution of the current Kia Optima. We’ll see much more when the...
- 2015 Ford Escape Titanium Review - Bad At Shovelling
After only one brief stint in last week’s 2015 Ford Escape tester, I was already angry with this heavily optioned Titanium AWD specimen. The anger had nothing to do with our first drive to the other side of Halifax. And I wasn’t even...
- The Good 12 V3.0 - Part Iii
FORD FUSION HYBRID Specifying one specific Fusion model when the whole range of Ford's mid-size sedan has been improved may seem surprising at first glance. Consider the Fusion Hybrid's conventional way of going about its business, however,...