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The European Ford Fusion is a small station wagon based on the Ford Fiesta. A version of the Fusion called the Ford EcoSport is sold in South America as a small SUV.
The American Ford Fusion (code name CD338) is a midsize car based on Ford Motor Company's CD3 platform. The Fusion will go on sale in 2005 as a 2006 model. It will be manufactured at Ford's Hermosillo, Mexico plant starting in August 2005. A companion Mercury version (code name CD334), called the Milan, will appear at the same time, and the similar Lincoln Zephyr will appear the next year. A hybrid version is expected in 2007.
The car was going to be called the Ford Futura, but Ford lost a trademarkSee also: brand Bass Red Triangle, was the first trademark registered in Britain in 1876. A trademark ( Commonwealth English: trade mark is a distinctive name, phrase, symbol, design, picture, or style used by a business to identify itself and its product lawsuit to the Pep BoysPep Boys is a U. retail chain based in Philadelphia specializing in automotive parts and repair services. It is a publicly-held company with shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It is probably best know for its logo, a cartoonish representation o auto parts store, which has a line of tires under the Futura brand. American trademark law generally considers a name abandoned if the owner does not use it for three calendar years, and the long history of the name in the Ford line did not impress the court.
Fusion Front wheel drive vehicles