Finally got a chance to drive the MKZ AWD with 3.0 today, and it's quite a bit more sprightly than the FS in stock trim. When you get on it, it just GOES. I'm not happy with the transmission, though. Using the sport paddles the shift from 1-2 gets hung up for about a second. And if you've used the paddles, then the next time you do the 1-2 run, hard it'll do the same thing. Doesn't matter if you short shift with the paddles... even if you shift at 5k, it'll hold on to 7k and then hang.
The other weird things are that it has the same nasty hole between 2-3 that the Fusion Sport does. And it won't shift down from 4-3 above 60 mph even though it'll run out to 80 mph in 3rd? I think all this thing needs to be a monster is a little transmission tweak. No apparent torque management here!
The other weird things are that it has the same nasty hole between 2-3 that the Fusion Sport does. And it won't shift down from 4-3 above 60 mph even though it'll run out to 80 mph in 3rd? I think all this thing needs to be a monster is a little transmission tweak. No apparent torque management here!