Ford Fusion News
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Hyundai is on a roll in general, and last week we published the first 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid drive report, by our colleague Marty Padgett. This very important model is the carmaker's first-ever hybrid to be sold in the U.S., but far from the last. In 2012, Hyundai plans an upcoming dedicated hybrid that shares no body panels with any other model. The 2011 Sonata Hybrid may hit 40 miles per gallon for highway mileage in final EPA testing, says Hyundai CEO John Krafcik. And for customers who buy one before December 31, when U.S. hybrid tax credits expire, the effective price could be as...
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Lincoln Moves To Under Cut Other Hybrid CompetitionGas or Hybrid, When They Are the Same Price How Do You Choose?
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2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Priced From $35,180--Same As Gas Only Model
With a fuel economy of 36 mpg in the city and 41 mpg on the highway, the new 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid already lays claim to the title of being the world’s most fuel efficient luxury sedan, and now it’s making the headlines once again. Lincoln will sell its new hybrid at the same base price as...
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One In Four Fords Could Feature Alternative Power By 2020
Ford is at the forefront of the alternative power push, having been one of the first on the market with a hybrid vehicle and now less than a year away from launching its first all-electric model. However, we are still at the start of the alternative power revolution but in as little as a decade we...
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Green Car News: Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Hits 41 MPG
With the impending death of the Mercury Milan Hybrid, there's just one luxury sedan that gets the EPA's top fuel economy ranking for the 2011 model year--and that would be the Milan's surviving sister, the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. While it waits patiently for an on-sale date this fall, the MKZ...
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2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Earns 41-MPG Rating
We've told you about the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid awaiting an on-sale date later this year. Now, Ford's confirming that its ritzy cousin to the Ford Fusion Hybrid will hit the same 41-mpg city fuel economy rating. The MKZ Hybrid's EPA fuel economy will be 41/36 mpg when it goes on sale later this year...
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When it comes to hybrids, there are two main factors that motivate buyers into paying the premium the vehicles demand over comparable non-hybrid models: money and the environment. Hybrids are cleaner than regular models in that they consume less fuel and thus produce fewer emissions, but at the same time they will also cost you less at the pump. While we’d all like to think most people are buying hybrids to help save the environment, a lot of hybrid sales go to people looking to pay less on their fuel bills each year. This is where the issue of the hybrid premium comes into play. You see...
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Ford Hybrids: Tough Enough To Be Police Cars in New York City
As New York City works aggressively to reduce its carbon footprint and cut exhaust emissions, it has encouraged large fleets to switch to hybrids. From utility ConEd to the fleets of yellow cabs, more and more hybrids are showing up on city streets. The latest large fleet to go greener is the New...
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2010 Denver Auto Show: RMAP Gives Awards For Outstanding Cars
The Rocky Mountain Auto Press Selects Cars In Four Separate Categories
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2010 Denver Auto Show Opens With Long Line For Tickets
The Weather Was Good and the People Were Eager
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Ramp Up To 2010 Denver Auto Show: Green Car Convoy
Manufactures and Dealers Come Together To Show the Best of Green Cars
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2010 New York Auto Show: 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid
Hybrids originally came from mass-market brands--Toyota, Honda, then Ford--before they ascended into loftier realms (Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche). Now Ford is taking its well-received hybrid sedans upscale, by adding a hybrid model to the 2011 Lincoln MKZ lineup. The MKZ, although it shares a...
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While the auto industry in general offers an average incentive of more than $1,000 off the sticker price of any new vehicle, many buyers somehow assume this doesn't apply to hybrids. Oh, but it does. You can get money off pretty much any hybrid out there at the moment, since gasoline prices are far from the heights they reached in 2008. Back then, you'd pay list price and more--if you were lucky enough to find a dealer who wasn't outright gouging. Top 10 hybrid discounts Using actual pricing data provided by our partner TrueCar on thousands of January and February sales, our colleague Bengt...
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2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Continues Conquest Campaign
Just yesterday, we reported on Ford's first-ever 300 hp/30 mpg ratings for the 2011 Mustang. The company has vowed to achieve best-in-class fuel economy numbers for every new model it launches. Certainly the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid clears that bar, trouncing any other mid-size sedan with an EPA...
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New Hybrid Braking Issue: First Prius, Now Ford Fusion Hybrid
Another day, another hybrid braking problem. Only this time, it's not Toyota. It's Ford. Late yesterday, Ford announced a "customer satisfaction program" that will ask that owners of 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid models built before October 17 to bring the cars to their...
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Edmunds Consumer Poll Puts 2010 Ford Fusion As Top Hybrid
Ford Seems To Be Taking More Market Share From Toyota
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Five Questions: Nancy Gioia, Ford global electrification director
Ford was the first U.S. automaker to offer a hybrid, introducing the Ford Escape Hybrid crossover in 2004. It recently expanded its portfolio with the well-received 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. More recently, the company has announced plans for limited numbers of plug-in hybrids, as well as electric...
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Ford CEO: Fuel-Efficient Engines Pose Tough Fight for Hybrids
Ford has built hundreds of thousands of hybrids since 2004, but unlike Toyota, it hasn't staked its future on the pricey technology that mates an electric motor to a combustion engine. Ford's CEO Alan Mulally says that's because hybrids will face continuing competition from increasingly more...
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Ford was on a roll at this year's Detroit Auto Show. It launched its new 2011 Ford Focus compact sedan and hatchback, which got rave reviews, and its 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid won North American Car of the Year. The company added a late-breaking press conference on Monday to make a further announcement about hybrids: It's investing $450 million in its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne to produce future hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles starting in 2012. Future hybrids and plug-ins That's the plant that will produce the new 2011 Ford Focus, along with the 2012 Ford Focus...
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Interview with Nancy Gioia about the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
Today was the first press-only day at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and while it was blustery and miserable outside, inside the Cobo Center, it was divine, chrome and carbon fiber as far as the eye could see. I started at the gigantic Ford display, and as I approached...
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Green Car Sales: Winners and Losers of 2009
It's beginning to look as if the worst is over for U.S. auto sales. The year that just closed was, in the immortal words of Queen Elizabeth II, an annus horribilis, with only 10.4 million vehicles sold, down 21 percent on 2008 and the lowest total since 1982. But some light seems to be appearing on...
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EPA's Most Climate-Friendly Cars: All About Fuel Efficiency
The dirty little secrets of Top 10 lists are in the methodology, as Forbes found out with its weirdly inaccurate "10 Dirtiest Cars" list. (It's the end of the year, so it's time for a lot of Top 10s.) But we see no such problems in the EPA Green Vehicle Guide, which rates vehicles not only on...
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Ford Fusion Hybrid, Keep the Awards Coming
Back at it again, the Ford Fusion Hybrid has won yet another award. Add this new one to the list which includes the vehicles recent selection as Car and Driver's 10 Best. The newest award presented to the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is the 2010 Earth, Wind, & Power Award for green car of the...
Eric Loveday
