Ford Fusion News

Years ago, automakers offered manual transmissions on most vehicles in their lineup.

Kelly Blue Book's list of the 10 Best Family Cars includes mid-size cars, minivans and small SUVs.

John is Senior Editor for High Gear Media. In addition to news coverage and new car reviews, John creates and oversees all editorial for High Gear's... More Now, though, as hybrids and plug-in cars are slowly growing their share of the market, Prius sales have fallen--not just as a share of the "alternative powertrain" segment, but in raw numbers.

The last time Ford stock reached that level, the company was benefiting from a spate of recalls at Toyota Motor ( Today, Ford stock's strength can be attributed to the company's success, rather than competitors' difficulties.

From the outside, the new Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid looks exactly the same as the rest of the Fusion family -- until you notice its charger port, which lights up to indicate that the battery is fully juiced.

Flexibility is the name of the game in today's global auto industry, with factories configured to change production mix between different models based on sales and customer demand.

Kelly Blue Book's list of "Ten Best Family Cars" includes mid size cars, minivans and small SUV's. It's also a mix of brands, foreign and domestic.

Suits filed in federal courthouses in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and California claim Ford is overstating the average mileage ratings for its 2013 Ford C-Max and Fusion Hybrids.

For several years there's been convergence in the automotive market. No, we're not speaking of integrated media technology, Internet TV in the back seat or the return of badge engineering.

Editors of the automotive vehicle valuation and information company have released their "10 Best Family Cars of 2013" and only one, the Honda Odyssey, is a minivan.

Strategic Vision has released its annual Total Quality awards, and some of the winners may come as a surprise.

Ford figures that 11,000 electric-vehicle driving homeowners can't be wrong. The US automaker has tapped AeroVironment as its official vendor for Level 2 home-charging systems.

People attending the 2013 Green Transportation Show tomorrow from 12-8 p.m. at the Essar Centre will be able to test drive several beautiful and impressive vehicles.

Currently, Ford is publishing outstanding sales numbers for the first part of the year in spite of the accusations for not becoming honest on how efficiency their hybrids really are.

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Tree huggers and deficit hawks rejoice: The federal government is buying up to 10,000 hybrid cars.

Buoyed by a weak yen and a strong recovery following the tragic Japanese tsunami, Toyota Motors announced a solid fourth quarter and fiscal 2013 earnings.

Love and relationship-focused media company YourTango has paired with Ford to take on an interesting survey.

The Chevrolet Volt tied with the Ford Fusion as the winner for Mid-Size Cars in the latest Strategic Vision Total Quality Index survey.

The Chevrolet Volt tied with the Ford Fusion as the winner for Mid-Size Cars in the latest Strategic Vision Total Quality Index survey.