---
title: "The 2017 Ford Fusion Sport Is Actually Kind of Badass"
description: "A 325-hp, 380 lb.-ft. family sedan with all-wheel-drive. Not too shabby."
date: "2016-06-10"
modified: "2016-06-10"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/3912/the-2017-ford-fusion-sport-is-actually-kind-of-badass"
categories:
  - "Car Buying"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "EcoBoost"
  - "Ford"
---

# The 2017 Ford Fusion Sport Is Actually Kind of Badass

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Brace yourselves, folks, because you're about to read a sentence you probably never thought you'd see on the pages of *The Drive*:

The new Ford Fusion is pretty badass.

No, we haven't been drinking. On paper, at least, the 2017 Ford Fusion Sport is a stonkin' bargain of a pseudo-sports sedan, combining near-muscle car power with all-wheel-drive grip. Thanks to the turbocharged 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 laying under the hood, the Fusion Sport makes 325 horsepower and 380 lb.-ft. of torque. That's only eight horsepower less than [the outgoing Audi S4](<https://www.audiusa.com/models/audi-s4>)—and 55 more lb.-ft. of torque.

Granted, it may lack the Audi's sport-tuned suspension and choice of quick-fire DSG or engaging manual gearbox, but you know what else the Fusion Sport lacks? A price tag that could make your penny-pinching grandfather's ghost rise from the grave and haunt your ass. Ford's newest sedan starts at $33,475. That's thousands [less than the average price of a new Ford](<https://mediaroom.kbb.com/record-new-car-transaction-prices-reported-december-2015>) these days.

(Ford will also offer the car with a summer tire package that should add a bit more entertainment when the road turns twisty. Small consolation, but it's something)

Now, if Ford executives seriously think people are going to cross-shop a Fusion against the BMW 5 Series or the Mercedes-Benz E-Class based on horsepower outputs, [as the press release states](<https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2016/06/09/new-ford-fusion-sport-gives-owners-of-german-sedans-380-reasons-.html>), they've clearly been spending a little too much time [at their summer houses in Keego Harbor](<https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/11/03/keego-harbor-legalizes-marijuana-use-possession/75128128/>). (It also goes to show just how neutered Lincoln is, if Ford didn't think to axe that line out of respect for the Fusion's [400-horsepower MKZ platform-mate](<https://www.caranddriver.com/news/2017-lincoln-mkz-photos-and-info-news>).) But for the guy who really wants to be driving a Mustang but needs to haul around a kid or two, or the gal who wants to move out of the humdrum world of Camrys and Accords into something with some all-American power—the bargain-priced, crisp-looking Fusion Sport could be just the remedy to the family-car blues.

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/willsabelcourtney>)  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/willscourtney>)