Moving Forward With FWD

The next model lineup for one of America's favorite cars the Fusion (Hybrid) and the CMax Hybrid are moving forward with Front Wheel Drive and better yet, they're going to be made in the good ol' USA!

MotorTrend writes:


Dubbed the HF35, the new front-drive hybrid transmission is the first to be built in North America, and also Ford’s first crack at designing and building a hybrid transmission in-house. By moving production from Japan to the U.S., Ford says it has reduced development costs by 20 percent.

The investment in the plant goes toward new equipment flexible enough to support building the HF35 and a conventional six-speed automatic transmission at the same time. Using two electric motors, the HF35 will motivate five new Ford models scheduled to make their debut this year: the plug-in Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi as well as the C-Max, Fusion, and Lincoln MKZ hybrids.

Read more: http://wot.motortrend.com/ford-plant-begins-building-fwd-hybrid-transmissions-for-fusion-c-max-hybrids-242455.html#ixzz22VtIWLwV