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Ford Fusion Hybrid wins; ...car of the year
Topic Started: Jan 12 2010, 08:57 AM (101 Views)
The 89th Key
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I bought a 2008 Ford Fusion and love it! Glad to see it's hybrid brother is winning top awards...could be my next car in a couple years if it keeps up such a good reputation.

http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1677905.html

(Side story: US News and World Report Rankings - #1 )

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Auto show celebrates Ford Fusion
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DETROIT | Ford Motor Co.’s market momentum got a lift Monday by winning both the 2010 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.

Ford’s Fusion Hybrid midsize sedan took top car honors and its versatile Transit Connect compact van snagged Truck of the Year at the Detroit auto show.

It was only the third time in 17 years that an automaker has won both awards, selected by 49 auto journalists and given annually since 1994.

Finalists for the car award included the Volkswagen Golf GTI and TDI diesel and the Buick LaCrosse, which is assembled in Kansas City, Kan., at GM’s Fairfax plant.

The Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Transit Connect and Subaru Outback were finalists for the truck award.

“It’s such a huge motivator for our team,” Mark Fields, Ford’s president of the Americas, told reporters after the announcements on the first day of media previews for the show. “It’s a reaffirmation of all the hard work over the past couple of years.”

The LaCrosse’s third-place showing this year came after the last two Fairfax products took the top prize. They were the Saturn Aura and the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu.

The Malibu continues to be built at Fairfax along with the LaCrosse.

“We were hoping to get first again, but it didn’t happen,” said John Melton, bargaining chairman of United Auto Workers Local 31. “But being one of the finalists is still a pretty good showing when you consider all the new cars that came out in that segment.”

Sixteen new models were nominated for Car of the Year honors, which are given annually by journalists who test cars throughout the year.

The awards often are used by automakers in advertising.

Vehicles are judged on innovation, design, safety, handling, driver satisfaction and value.

Ford, the only U.S.-based automaker to avoid bankruptcy protection, has fared better than its two Detroit rivals, with overall sales down 15 percent last year, compared with a 36 percent drop for Chrysler and a 30 percent decline for GM.

Ford’s final month of 2009 was strong, with a 33 percent increase in sales thanks to strong demand for midsize cars.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Ford is the come back kd. We love our Escape hybrid.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Red Rice
HOLY CARP!!!
Alan Mulally is doing a great job.
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HOLY CARP!!!
I love the car - too bad the rear seat doesn't fold down. I'd love a wagon version if they could flatten out the battery and keep most of the space. Surprisingly, the Escape gets pretty close mpg even though it's a flying brick in comparison.

I have to say that Ford has amazed me. First, they had a string of hits and ushered in the jelly-bean aero car shape. T-Bird, Taurus and on and on. Not to mention always being on top with the F-150. Then suddenly they hit this dry spell. I thought they'd never come back, but they made some shrewd financial moves (selling off car brands and keeping financially liquid, avoiding TARP funds) and now are introducing great vehicles again.

GM should be so lucky.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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John Galt
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Kincaid
Jan 12 2010, 09:05 AM

GM should be so lucky smart.

I've heard it said that Ford was the company of engineers and GM was the company of accountants.

I think the old adage has been proven to be true.

Of course, we had a total lemon with a Windstar. :veryangry: A friend who was working with Ford (they were his customers) at the time told us if he'd known we were considering one, he would have warned us away based on what the Ford engineers working on it told him.

Ya win some, ya lose some. I would consider Ford again based on what I've seen of late.
Let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness.
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