Say hello to the 2017 #Ford #Fusion, an impressive combination of safety and style. https://t.co/xsnrWXbsjB
— Ford Fusion (@FordFusion) June 16, 2016
The plug-in hybrid version, the 2017 Fusion Energi, has a class-topping 610-mile driving range. Everyone loves a sustainable, fuel-efficient vehicle, but people also want to know that it's safe.
The 2017 Ford Fusion just received the highest possible rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a Top Safety Pick+.
To earn this award, the new Fusion had to complete five grueling tests of crashworthiness, including roof strength, side impact, and two types of frontal collision, and to earn the plus (as opposed to a vanilla Top Safety Pick), it also had to offer superior front-crash-prevention technology.
While the IIHS only tested the conventional Fusion, not the Fusion Energi, the two varieties tend to perform similarly in crash tests conducted by the other major safety organization in the U.S., the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The 2016 Fusion and Fusion Energi models both earned an NHTSA 5-Star Safety Rating, and are expected to do well again for 2017.
If you would rather not risk it until the IIHS has tested the hybrid with its rigorous small-overlap collision test, the non-hybrid 2017 Fusion gets up to 34mpg highway.
Learn more about safety and efficiency, and compare new Ford vehicles here at Dean Arbour Ford of West Branch Inc.