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After driving, debating and tallying the votes, Cars.com’s editors have named the Ford Fusion Hybrid<\/a> the Best of 2010<\/em> in the sites annual Platinum Awards<\/em>, which recognize the best cars of the new model year.<\/p>\nOther Platinum Award winners include Best New SUV, Chevrolet Equinox<\/a>; Best New Compact, Mazda3<\/a>; Best New Hatchback, Kia Soul<\/a>; Best New Hybrid Hatchback, Toyota Prius<\/a>; Best New Hybrid Sedan, Ford Fusion Hybrid<\/a>; and Best New Wagon, Subaru Outback<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n To choose the 2010 Platinum Awards, Cars.com’s expert reviewers drove and tested all of the newly introduced and redesigned models for 2010<\/a>. From that pool of about 70 cars, they chose their favorites based on features, driving quality, mileage and overall value.<\/p>\n “The Cars.com Platinum Awards<\/em> represent the best work by automakers for the 2010 model year. These vehicles excel on all levels,” said Patrick Olsen<\/span>, editor in chief at Cars.com.<\/p>\n “The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid outshined all 2010s, earning it the title Best of 2010, <\/em>Cars.com’s most prestigious award.<\/em> We’ve seen hybrids come into their own over the past few years, but none have been so free of compromise as the Fusion Hybrid. \u00a0We recommend that shoppers \u2013 green or otherwise \u2013 take a serious look at this car.”<\/p>\n About the 2010 <\/strong>Platinum Award<\/em><\/strong> Winners: <\/strong><\/p>\n About Cars.com<\/strong><\/p>\n Cars.com<\/a> is the leading destination for online car shoppers, offering credible, easy-to-understand information from consumers and experts to help buyers formulate opinions on what to buy, where to buy and how much to pay for a car.<\/p>\n With comprehensive pricing information, side-by-side comparison tools, photo galleries, videos, unbiased editorial content and a large selection of new- and used-car inventory, Cars.com puts millions of car buyers in control of their shopping process with the information they need to make confident buying decisions.<\/p>\n Launched in June 1998<\/span>, Cars.com is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC<\/a>, which is owned by leading media companies, including Belo (NYSE: BLC), Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI), Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company ( WPO).<\/p>\n Editors Announce Platinum Award Winners After driving, debating and tallying the votes, Cars.com’s editors have named the Ford Fusion Hybrid the Best of 2010 in the sites annual Platinum Awards, which recognize the best cars of the new model year. Other Platinum Award winners include Best New SUV, Chevrolet Equinox; Best New Compact, Mazda3; Best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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