Ford Fusion: NASCAR's Next Game-Changer

Poor Editor Derek. I would hound him all the way to the grave for calling the Ford Fusion a game changer, but let's face it: he is likely to outlive me by some thirty or forty years. Perhaps I will leave a note in my will instructing my son to keep bothering Derek, and also to talk up my estate auction a little bit.

So here's the Ford Fusion for NASCAR's 2013 season. It shares ~~absolutely nothing~~ several important aesthetic ideals with the new street car. Click the jump for another photo and a few quotes from Ford regarding the new design, which to be fair does look like the biggest departure from common-template stock cars in some time.

The new NASCAR Fusion is said to employ multiple styling cues around the car to convey an identification with its non-racing counterpart. Although the changes look slight to non-racers, they are significant enough that the car will be tested for a full season before being released. As we have noted in the past, there is quite a bit of applied technology in NASCAR. An undeveloped silhouette would find itself miles behind the competition at the checkered flag. Literally.

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