<p>I’m six feet tall and 180 pounds, and I haven’t had a problem with room in the Prius… haven’t tried a Fusion yet.</p>
<p>Just drove a rental fusion last week. Surprised. The backseat was extremely roomy.</p>
<p>Despite generally dismal auto sales figures, Ford outsold Toyota in the U.S. in April. Ford attributes its good showing to strong sales of its new Fusion hybrid mid-sized sedan. Meanwhile, Toyota’s sales fell sharply, led by a stunning 61.5% drop in sales of its hybrid Prius model. This has got to be encouraging news for Ford, the only U.S. automaker not on federal life-support. Some evidence, though, that Ford’s market-share gains are coming largely at the expense of GM and Chrysler.</p>
<p>[Ford</a> outsells Toyota as auto sales drops go on | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20090502/BUSINESS01/905020389]Ford”>http://www.freep.com/article/20090502/BUSINESS01/905020389)</p>
<p>I hope Ford is working on a plug-in version of this car. I am waiting until the technology shifts in that direction, and until then will be driving my bucket of bolts into the ground.</p>
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<p>The Pope-mobile gets my vote as the ugliest car on the planet.</p>