Fordhybrids

Jay Leno's Green Car Challenge Ford Focus EV - Click above for high-res image gallery

Ford Escape PHEV prototype – Click above for high-res image gallery

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2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery

Imagine a police chase in Manhattan where a Ford Fusion Hybrid pulls up behind the criminal followed by a few Priuses, an Escape Hybrid and a couple of Altima hybrids. Now, think of the scenario where the criminal, driving his gas-guzzling Hummer, takes off out of the city limits on a long-distance chase. A hundred miles later, the criminal creeps to the side of the road running on nothing but fumes while the NYPD hybrid crew has consumed less than three gallons per vehicle. While this scenario

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2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery

Ford Transit Connect Electric – Click above for high-res image gallery

Ford Transit Connect Electric – Click above for high-res image gallery

Next-gen Ford Focus live unveiling – Click above for high-res image gallery

While automotive sales have been almost universally down in 2009 compared to 2008, Ford has a legitimate reason to crow about its December figures, which are up a third over December of '08 and an impressive 50 percent over November. The green side of the coin, though, looks even better.

We'll have our monthly By the Numbers post ready lickity split, but here's a little tidbit worth sharing ahead of the full data download. While automotive sales have been almost universally down in 2009 compared to 2008, Ford has a legitimate reason to crow about its December figures, which are up a third over December of '08 and an impressive 50 percent over November.

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery

2009 Ford Escape Hybrid - click above for high res image gallery

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery

Here's all you really need to know about why Ford is suffering in the marketplace. William Clay Ford Jr., speaking to the Associated Press, about the slump in SUV sales and the company's decrease in stock value, said that "the speed with which consumers migrated from gas guzzlers caught the company by surprise".