Ford builds Lightweight Concept with Fusion shell [w/video] It’s a fairly well known fact that removing weight from a car is essentially a panacea for many of the modern automobiles problems.

The Lightweight Concept started life as a 2013 Ford Fusion, but lost 25% of its weight through the use of high-strength steel, aluminum, magnesium and carbon fiber.

You’re looking at a Ford Fusion that’s been modified using so many exotic lightweight materials that it tips the scales at just 2635 pounds, or about as much as Ford’s subcompact Fiesta ...

Now the automaker has taken the weight-saving techniques from the F-150 and applied them to a new Lightweight Concept vehicle based on a Ford Fusion sedan.

Ford's Advanced Materials concept shaves about 25 percent of the weight from the Fusion midsize sedan on which it is based. Josh Miller/CNET ...

The lightweight Ford Fusion concept shows how the automaker could cut up to 25 percent of the midsize sedan's weight.

A lighter Ford Fusion, like any lighter car, is something enthusiasts have been championing for years. And on the surface, Fusion Lite sounds like the name of a brand-new soft drink. Fusion Lite ...

But Ford has taken the idea of lightweight to the next level with an all-out concept build that leverages the bleeding edge of high-tech for a Fusion that weighs as much as a tiny Fiesta hatchback ...

The concept, based on the 2013 Fusion midsize sedan, drops a quarter of the sedan’s body weight to tip the scales at the same level as Ford’s smallest car, the Fiesta, the automaker said Tuesday.

Having shaken the automotive world with its plans for a lightweight aluminum pickup truck, Ford is now turning its attention to bringing the same technology to cars. It unveiled a concept version ...

Ford Fusion Lightweight Concept All those high-tech materials are expensive, for a start. And along with cost, the car's relative performance deficit to a regular Fusion would also pose a problem.