Hoovey689

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Ford Fusion will be brand's first 200,000-unit car since 2004

According to Ward's Auto, Ford is about to stride past a production figure that it hasn't hit since 2004. The 2011 Fusion is on the cusp of motoring past 200,000 sales this year – an annual number that a FoMoCo passenger sedan hasn't managed to exceed since both the Focus sedan and Taurus did the deed back in '04. In 2010, Fusion sales were up 21.5 percent through November compared to 2009 – hitting 196,590 units. Given that the Blue Oval has been easily knocking off more than 10,000 Fusion sales per month, Ward's is betting that Ford will easily manage to overtake the 200k mark.

Should that happen, the Fusion will find itself in heady company. Only a handful of other sedans have managed to topple the 200,000-unit barrier this year, and all of those are from Asia. Not surprisingly, the Toyota Camry is expected to walk away from 2010 with the sales crown, with 296,581 deliveries through November, while the Honda Accord has already notched 253,073 sales under its belt. Following up in third place is the Toyota Corolla with 244,024 units sold. Also through November, the venerable Honda Civic has tallied 231,955 units, the Nissan Altima found 206,247 garages, and just last week, Hyundai announced that its redesigned Sonata had eclipsed 200,000 sales for the first time ever – a massive 90,000 unit improvement year-over-year.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/28/f...ar-since-2004/

SLegacy99

Good for Ford...good for my stock.

I will say I do see new Sonatas everywere, more so than I see the Fusion. Personally, I'd rather have the Fusion.

And talk about low sales for the Camry.

bruce van

Good news for Ford. About time. Bad news for Camry and Accord sales.

LexBob2

The competition is good for consumers. Better cars, competitive prices.

IS-SV

Congrats to Ford, giving the consumer something they want and buy by the thousands.

Kira X

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That's good to see Ford is doing good. I like Fusion. I HATE those old Taurus' though. I guess those numbers explain why I see those pieces of crap everywhere....

IS-SV

Taurus was crap, I've driven a few.

I do remember driving extensively the old SHO, felt like a $10K engine in a $10K car, at least the engine was sweet.

Kira X

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All of the last generation Taurus' I see have blown rear struts and they look like saggy pieces of junk.... Definitely the most annoying Ford in a while.

I heard that the old SHO's were sick. I've never seen one in person though.

lamar411

Congrats to Ford. I've seen more Sonata's on the road though. And the Fusions i've seen on the road have mostly been non-hybrid.

Jetfire

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Ford is the only major American car company that I like. I especially like the Fusion. Nice looking car.