Best in Class: Kia Optima 2.0T EX four-door. The Honda Accord EX V6 held this honor for four years, but lost out to the Kia Optima this time around. Anderson said the Optima 2.0T combines good looks with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine that cranks...

The Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid now rivals the Toyota Camry Hybrid, and the Ford Focus has found a spot competing against the tried and true Honda Civic. One division which the company did hold onto was Lincoln, the luxury sedan/SUV brand. While the...

U.S. because of production issues from parts of tsunami-ravaged Japan, and Toyota's January hybrid sales plunged 35 percent from a year earlier. The Fusion Hybrid was Ford's best-selling hybrid in the U.S. last year, though the model's 11,286 units sold...

Vic would cost more than $20,000. The lower fuel costs for the drivers -- combined with lower maintenance costs for taxi owners -- meant that the hybrid taxis became a no-brainer for San Francisco taxi operators. With the majority of San Francisco’s...

At issue here is whether the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid, with what the company projects will be 47 mpg city/44 mpg highway when the sedan goes on sale in the second half of this year, will be matched or exceeded by the Toyota Camry Hybrid, all-new...

Feb. 16, demonstrating the country's domestic production ability, the company's president said yesterday. Toyota, the world's No. 1 automaker, is already making hybrids in five other countries outside of Japan, including the United States, the United...