<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/carbuying/" rel="tag">Car Buying</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/earnings-financials/" rel="tag">Earnings/Financials</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2010-ford-fusion-sport/#1362099"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/fusion-630.jpg" alt="Ford Fusion Sport" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Fusion Sport - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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According to<em> Ward's Auto</em>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> is about to stride past a production figure that it hasn't hit since 2004. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/fusion">2011 Fusion</a> 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 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus">Focus</a> sedan and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/taurus">Taurus</a> 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, <em>Ward's </em>is betting that Ford will easily manage to overtake the 200k mark.<br />
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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 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/camry">Toyota Camry</a> is expected to walk away from 2010 with the sales crown, with 296,581 deliveries through November, while the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/accord">Honda Accord</a> has already notched 253,073 sales under its belt. Following up in third place is the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/corolla">Toyota Corolla</a> with 244,024 units sold. Also through November, the venerable <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/civic">Honda Civic</a> has tallied 231,955 units, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/altima">Nissan Altima</a> found 206,247 garages, and just last week, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/hyundai/">Hyundai</a> announced that its redesigned <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/sonata">Sonata</a> had eclipsed 200,000 sales for the first time ever - a massive 90,000 unit improvement year-over-year.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0">Review: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review000_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review000" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review000" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review001_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review001" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review001" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review002" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review002" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review003" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review003" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review004" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review004" /></a></div><em><strong><br />
<small>Photos Copyright (C)2009 Chris Shunk / AOL</small></strong></em><br />
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[Source: <a href="http://wardsauto.com/ar/fusion_poised_mark_101223/">Ward's Auto</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/28/ford-fusion-first-200000-unit-car-since-2004/">Ford Fusion will be brand's first 200,000-unit car since 2004</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/28/ford-fusion-first-200000-unit-car-since-2004/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19779080/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/28/ford-fusion-first-200000-unit-car-since-2004/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Fusion Sport - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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According to<em> Ward's Auto</em>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> is about to stride past a production figure that it hasn't hit since 2004. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/fusion">2011 Fusion</a> 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 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus">Focus</a> sedan and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/taurus">Taurus</a> 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, <em>Ward's </em>is betting that Ford will easily manage to overtake the 200k mark.<br />
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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 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/camry">Toyota Camry</a> is expected to walk away from 2010 with the sales crown, with 296,581 deliveries through November, while the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/accord">Honda Accord</a> has already notched 253,073 sales under its belt. Following up in third place is the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/corolla">Toyota Corolla</a> with 244,024 units sold. Also through November, the venerable <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/civic">Honda Civic</a> has tallied 231,955 units, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/altima">Nissan Altima</a> found 206,247 garages, and just last week, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/hyundai/">Hyundai</a> announced that its redesigned <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/sonata">Sonata</a> had eclipsed 200,000 sales for the first time ever - a massive 90,000 unit improvement year-over-year.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0">Review: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review000_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review000" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review000" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review001_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review001" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review001" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review002" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review002" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review003" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review003" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/review-2010-ford-fusion-hybrid-0/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/2010fordfusionhybrid_review004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2010fordfusionhybrid_review004" title="2010fordfusionhybrid_review004" /></a></div><em><strong><br />
<small>Photos Copyright (C)2009 Chris Shunk / AOL</small></strong></em><br />
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[Source: <a href="http://wardsauto.com/ar/fusion_poised_mark_101223/">Ward's Auto</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/28/ford-fusion-first-200000-unit-car-since-2004/">Ford Fusion will be brand's first 200,000-unit car since 2004</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/28/ford-fusion-first-200000-unit-car-since-2004/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19779080/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/28/ford-fusion-first-200000-unit-car-since-2004/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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