Witherspoon, 37, allegedly did not follow his order, getting out of the Ford Fusion instead.
The other finalists in the car category were the Ford Fusion and the Honda Accord.
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The new Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid boasts 108 MPGe (miles per gallon of gas equivalent).
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Its Ford Fusion, which goes on sale this fall, is an athletic-looking sedan.
This occurred with vehicles such as Kia Forte, Chevrolet Cruze, and Ford Fusion.
Of the domestics, the stately and comfortable Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ sedans seem to hold up the best.
In one case Keys to the City got an aspiring comedian Mark Malkoff the keys to a Ford Fusion.
Other strong sellers included the Ford Fusion sedan, which gained 10 percent, and the Ford Escape, which was up 26 percent.
The Ford Fusion Energi that I wrote about yesterday, with its 108 MPGe, promises to help with these sales estimates.
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These include sedan stalwarts like the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, Honda Accord, Lexus ES and GS, Nissan Altima and the Toyota Avalon.
Ford, meanwhile, is rolling out a new small SUV, the EcoSport, along with a redesigned Ranger pickup and the next-generation Ford Fusion.
That's a tribute to Ford's new cars like the Ford Fusion and Lincoln Zephyr, but the decline in truck sales will hurt profits.
The market for mid-sized family cars will be especially competitive, with appealing new versions of the Ford Fusion, Chevrolet Malibu, Honda Accord and Nissan Altima.
The Lincoln system is designed to give the interior of the brand's 2013 MKZ midsize sedan a different look from its mechanical sibling, the Ford Fusion.
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Regardless of the car's marketing, the Verano will inevitably be cross-shopped against the Hyundai Sonata, Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Kia Optima and Ford Fusion, among others.
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That explains why Ryan Seacrest and Joel McHale got the honors of launching the Ford Fusion with a campaign that has now floated into the ether.
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The Ford Fusion Energi joins the C-MAX Energi and Focus Electric as the company's third vehicle with a charging connector and access to California's HOV lanes.
What's to be left seems to be the Mercury Milan, a four-door sedan version of the Ford Fusion, and the Mariner, the Mercury version of the Ford Escape SUV.
Both companies worked together to produce a six-speed front-wheel drive transmission that has been used on a variety of vehicles including the Ford Fusion sedan and the GM Chevrolet Malibu.
In 2010, a forward-thinking friend of mine took me for a ride in a Ford Fusion, a gas-electric hybrid that gets more miles per gallon than comparable cars with conventional engines.
The new Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr are the first of up to ten new U.S. models that will be built with the same underpinnings as the mid-sized Mazda 6.
The 2013 Ford Fusion, for instance, has a choice of four-cylinder gas engines getting 33 to 37 mpg on the highway, but will also be available as a hybrid and a plug-in hybrid.
Later this year the company will begin selling mid-sized cars called the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr that the company thinks will give its car sales a big shot in the arm.
Autoweek points out the competition: The ninth-generation Honda Accord debuts just in time to take on an onslaught of new competition for the 2013 model year, including the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion and Nissan Altima.
On the other hand, I recognize that the people's brand can't sit by and let the Chevy Malibu, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Ford Fusion and Hyundai Sonata scamper off with hundreds of thousands of annual sales.
We found top deals on family favorites like the Dodge Grand Caravan, Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Fusion and Taurus and the Nissan Murano, along with luxury-minded models including the Lincoln MKX and MKZ and the Hyundai Genesis.
As another part of Pi Day, Ford engineers will be visiting Detroit students at the Henry Ford Academy and Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies talk about how they used math to design the new Ford Fusion.
The Ford Fusion, Honda Accord and Toyota Prius are all available as a plug-in hybrid, while General Motors uses a smaller motor and battery pack to give a little electric assist to cars like the Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Malibu.
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