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The Top 10 in Gas Mileage

Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

The top 10 list of vehicles with the best gas mileage are dominated by hybrids and diesel engines. To increase your gas mileage, the best cars for getting the best gas mileage tend to be smaller, but not necessarily so. Hybrid or diesel engines tend to offset the need to decrease weight, just look at the Ford Escape Hybrid, which shows up ninth on the list. MPG Ranking Category Vehicle City Highway...

Healthy, After All: Ford Earns Nearly $1 Billion in 3rd Quarter

Wheel Industry (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

Ford has quickly improved its lineup, led by the midsize Fusion and Mercury Milan. It has cut costs, reducing its North American workforce by 45 percent since 2006 according to the Detroit Free Press. It has improved market share while drastically cutting production capacity to better fit the needs and demands of a modern marketplace. [...]

Consumer Reports – Hybrids very reliable

Textio (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

A big winner according to Consumer Reports Looking for a safe family car? Then you might want to consider a number of hybrid cars, at least if you believe in Consumer Reports. The Honda Insight and the Toyota Prius scored extremely well according CR, followed by the Ford Fusion hybrid, the Mercury Milan hybrid, the Toyota Camry [...]

2009 Annual Auto Reliability Survey: Where Ford really stands

Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

Since we announced the results from our latest auto reliability survey, there has been a lot of buzz—and a wide range of interpretation—in the media and blogosphere about Ford’s strong showing. On one hand, I’ve seen a headline that said Ford is number one. (It’s not.) And I’ve seen writers wondering aloud if we’re shilling for the company—casting it...

Consumer Reports - Hybrids very reliable

Hybrid Cars (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

A big winner according to Consumer Reports Looking for a safe family car? Then you might want to consider a number of hybrid cars , at least if you believe in Consumer Reports . The Honda Insight and the Toyota Prius scored extremely well according CR, followed by the Ford Fusion hybrid , the Mercury Milan hybrid , the Toyota Camry hybrid , and the Nissan Altima hybrid . Overall, Asian automakers are...

• Consumer Reports Once Again Points to Hybrids for Reliability - Hybrid Car Review
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Ford moves up in Consumer Reports reliability rankings

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

The four-cylinder Ford Fusion and its cousin, the Mercury Milan, rank higher in predicted reliability than any family sedan except for the Toyota Prius. Asian nameplates still are the overall winners. Asian automakers once again dominate the upper ranks of Consumer Reports' annual vehicle-reliability survey, although Ford Motor Co. is making strides in improving the dependability of its cars and light...

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decorabilia (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

Today, while discussing argumentation structure and strategies with a group of rookie debaters, I used a sample claim: The Ford Focus is a reliable car. "What kind of evidence might you use to support that claim?" I asked. "None," one shot back. "There isn't any." "As debaters, we can always do better," I said, then gave my own (admittedly very fake) example...

American Car Quality Improves, but Asians Still Dominate

Wheel Industry (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

DETROIT - Our friends, colleagues, rivals at Consumer Reports say the Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan’s reliability scores higher than the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, and Ford Motor Company continues to improve while General Motors also gets better. Chrysler, now Fiat’s problem, remains in the toilet, although the new Dodge Ram 1500 4WD has pulled itself [...]

Hybrid Models Dominate Consumer Reports Annual Reliability List for Family Cars

Green Car Advisor (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

Consumer Reports readers have spoken - as the do this time every year -and come down hard in favor of hybrids as family cars. ---------- Toyota Prius rates tops among family cars for reliability in annual consumer survey. ---------- In the widely read magazine's annual rating of auto reliability, five of the eight most reliable 2009 model year family cars in the CR report use gas-electric powertrains....

Ford Electric Car for 2011

Cleantech blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

By John Addison (originally published in Clean Fleet Report 10/26/09). My test drive of the new Ford electric car for 2011 demonstrated that Ford (NYSE:F) is building an electric car that millions will want. The Ford Focus EV prototype provided a quiet and smooth drive for a prototype. One Ford engineer indicated that he was going beyond a 60-mile daily range in Michigan without nearing battery depletion....

Innovative Social Media Campaign Helps New England Lincoln Mercury Dealers Showcase Fuel Efficient Milan Hybrid

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Demonstrating an innovative way to reach a broader audience and engage with customers in a new way through social media, the New England Lincoln Mercury Dealers’ “Fenway Park Flower Fling” Follow Me to Bliss Webisode premiered today. Rolled out as part of an Internet “reality mini-series” to illustrate the green technology of the 2010 Lincoln Mercury...

Just In: Lexus HS 250h

Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

Walk into a Lexus dealer with $39,000 to spend on a new sedan and you’ll find you have a surprisingly wide array of choices. That will buy you a Lexus IS 350, a compact rear-wheel drive sedan aimed squarely at the BMW 3 Series. Or, you could get Lexus’ top-selling sedan, the Camry-based ES 350, which is aimed directly at those buyers who used to drive Buicks. Now there’s a third option:...

Mileage Challenge 5.4: The Results

KickingTires (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

Our latest mileage challenge had editors logging more than 300 miles each in three hybrids and a diesel: the 2010 Honda Insight, 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid, 2010 Toyota Prius and 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. We tallied up all the numbers...

Mileage Challenge 5.2: Avenues and Interstates

KickingTires (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009

Our latest mileage challenge took three hybrids — the Honda Insight, Mercury Milan Hybrid and Toyota Prius — and one diesel, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, from Chicago to Fond du Lac, Wis., and back. The total distance came to just...

2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid Review

Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009

2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid Review2010 Mercury Milan HybridSEE ALSO:DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWITH CAREY RUSS2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid When you think "hybrid", Ford Motor Company is probably not the first manufacturer that you think of. Which is unfortunate, because Ford's gasoline-electric hybrid technology is every bit as advanced as Toyota's. Ford has expanded its hybrid offerings for model year...