[Eric in the Ozarks]

they make a slightly higher performance 3.5 liter motor for the "Sport" model. I drove this and was impressed with the zip. I'm driving an 08 Taurus company car and it appears this will be the last one. I will get a monthly car allowance next year and was thinking the Fusion might be the car.
I've been to Ford's Rouge plant (came upriver on a steamer with ore) but never inside the Cleveland plant. I do remember when a 351 Cleveland motor was a badass machine...

[Jim from C-Town]

Sucks about your company car. My last company car was the best car I never owned. I only had one car allowance that actually covered the cost of a work vehicle.

I surely hope they don't get an outside compensation company to figure the expense. I had a Rumsheimer(?) figured car allowance at my last job. It was just an excuse to screw the sales people out of money.

[Nathan Zachary]

". I do remember when a 351 Cleveland motor was a badass machine..."

In it's day. They didn't make enough of them however. Now all you can find in the junkyards are those gutless 351 windsor boat anchors.

Now the Triton engine series are the bad the ass engines, possibly the best production engines Ford has ever made. My son has a small 4.6 Triton 3 valve 6 bolt mains job in his truck. That thing hauls for such a small engine. The 5.4's and larger are even better, some models put out almost 496 hp with dual turbos.