Car and Driver comparo of Fusion Hybrid, HyCam, NAH and Malibu Hybrid

[cwerdna]

(hope this isn't a repost)
In the Feb 09 issue of Car and Driver, they did a comparo of the above cars. It looks like the review isn't online yet. The winner was the Fusion Hybrid. The overall rankings were as follows (all hybrid versions of course):
1. Fusion
2. Camry
3. Altima
4. Malibu

(My mom owns an 07 NAH) I will say many of the remarks about the NAH are on the mark but it was the fastest in all the acceleration tests and had the 2nd best observed mileage. The Malibu Hybrid, not surprisingly had the worst mileage and was much slower.

I do wonder if the review would've turned out differently if they were more equally equipped. The NAH had the expensive technology package (w/nav) which really jacks up the price. Also, they didn't give it much in terms of bonus points for the $2350 tax credit. In fact, they didn't even write about it and gave it just 1 extra point for rebates/extras.

[john1701a]

Our 0-to-60-mph acceleration time of 8.5 seconds isn’t stellar

Really?

...the Fusion can be driven up to 47 mph on electric power alone, depending on how leadfooted a driver is. Most hybrids can pull off the electric-only trick only as high as 25 mph or so.

Most?

Also, emissions were missing entirely. No mention whatsoever makes you wonder if they think hybrids are for reducing consumption only.
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