Car Throttle

File this under 'More Good News for Ford' because it seems that Dearborn's finest has just been given Motor Trend's Car of the Year award for their Ford Fusion. Yes, I know, we are talking Motor Trend here, a magazine that, despite its circulation numbers, it's the first source a gearhead will turn to. And yes, Motor Trend's Car of the Year award has had its fair share of controversies, but that doesn't make the Ford Fusion a bad car. Indeed it's not, apparently. A lot of people have been saying good things about all models of the Fusion, and they have especially heaped praise on its Hybrid variant. And it's not just people like us, I started to pay attention to the

More good news for Ford Motor Company: Their hot selling Ford Fusion sedan is in the top ten best sellers list for cars this year. Given the recent domination of that list by cars like Toyota's Camry, this is pretty big, and pretty good, news, although is used to be par for the course for Ford not that long ago. Ford cars and trucks used to dominate the list of the top 10 vehicles sold in the U.S. Their F-Series pickup truck was always number one, and you'd always see things like Ford's Taurus, Explorer, Ranger, Focus and Escort scattered on the list was well. And that was as recently as 2001. But 2001 was a long time ago, and the intervening eight years haven't exactly been

With it's competitors (primarily GM, right now) undergoing a lot of turmoil in the public eye, Ford is working to set itself apart. It's has introduced a new advertising campaign focusing on the product, aiming to attract buyers who are scared of  bankruptcy (The "B" word) over at General Motors. The Ford Fusion Hybrid has been on the receiving end of a lot of good press and heavy marketing by Ford. The public has been impressed with it's fuel economy numbers.  The Fusion Hybrid is rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the most fuel-efficient mid-size sedan on the market today. That's impressive, so it's fitting Ford would want to highlight those numbers. So, Ford sent out a team of engineers and fuel economy experts to