2013 Dodge Avenger vs 2013 Ford fusion

 The 2013 Dodge Avenger- The avenger has only been around for a few years but has proven to be a good addition to the dodge vehicles as a smaller edition of the dodge charger.

Engines- Dodge offers 2 engines for the avenger. The 3.6 pentastar that gives 283hp and the 2.4L I-4 that puts out 173hp and gets about 31mpg highway. I think that dodge made good choices on the enigines in the avenger. The avenger is supposed to be a smaller version of the charger and still be sporty with good mileage. There is no need to put a Hemi or any other bigger motors in the avenger.

Cost- The avenger is the best priced american made small sedan starting at $18,500 and even the basic version is still luxurious. The most high end avenger tops out around $28,000. The avenger is very reasonably priced. You get alot for what you pay for. The avenger is luxurious vehicle and looks a lot higher priced than it really is. We own a 2010 dodge avenger R/T and it is definatly worth what we paid for it.

Interior and Exterior-  The exterior of the avenger doesnt change much depending on the models exceot the slight body change and the decals on the R/T. The interior of the avenger is very nice no matter what model. It has most of the standard options like the leather, the touch screen and nav, and the moon roof.  One thing about the avenger I have noticed is that for being such a small car there is a lot of room. There is plenty of leg room in front and back and also the truck is huge and fits up to 13.5cubic feet.

My Opinion- I think that dodge did a great job on the aveneger. Being that we own one I can say these things with first hand experiance. The avanger gives alot of room for a small car, it gets great mileage, for that little in-line four the avenger is acually a pretty quick car, it more like a 45 to fifty thousdand dollar on the inside and out car if you get the R/T. We have gotten so many compliments on ours and people have guessed it costed close to fifty which is not even close. Its a great car and its very dependable. Also people respect this thing a lot more than they should thinking that it does 150mph+ which is also no where near the real number. Overall a great car and worth the money.

 2013 Ford Fusion- I have heard alot of good things about the new fusion, but time to find out weather they are true or not and if the avenger will be better.

Engines- Ford has offered 5 engines for their new fusion. two gas engines and three hybrids. The gas engines are a 2.5L, a 1.6L with ecoboost. and a 2.5L with ecoboost. All of these get mid twentys for city and high thirties for highway mileage. The three hybrids get mid forty"s for mileage. I do not think that ford needed to offer 5 engines for this car. I think rhat they are wasting a lot of there time considering the fuel economy isnt very much different between the gas engines. There is also not much of a difference between the three hybrid engines for fuel economy. Ford made a mistake on putting that may engines in this car.

Cost- The basic fusion starts out at $21,900 whihc is $3,000 higher than the avenger that gives you more, The high end fusions with the hybrid engines shoot up to over $40,000 which is over $10,000 more than the avenger, which in my option is not worth the money. I think that the fusion is over priced like most other fords and that maybe it would be worth it if the price was a few thousand lower.

Interior and Exterior- Probably my favorite part of the new fusion is that it looks kinda like an Aston Martin which is a very expensive car. The exterior of the fusion is nice but I feel like ford could do more to make it look a little more sporty. The interior of the fusion is very nice and actually might top the inside of the avenger.  The inside of the fusion looks like the cockpit of a really expensive car or a race car. The design of the inside is great and ford did a good job.

My Opinion-  I think that the fusion is an over good dependable car but over priced. The outside and inside design look like that of a much more expesive car. Mechanically the fusion is not worth the money. The avenger is just as good mechanially and is much cheaper. I think that the avenger wins this hands down. Maybe if the fusion was more reasonably priced it would stand more of a chance. Over the avenger is a over great car all around and it is the most reasonably priced sedan in america.