The Ford Fusion competes with a mid-size car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet from 1964 to 1983 and since what year?
Ford Fusion (Americas) The Ford Fusion is a four-door, five passenger mid-size sedan manufactured and marketed by Ford across three generations in gasoline and gas/electric hybrid variants. Introduced for model year 2006, the Fusion is manufactured at Ford's Hermosillo Stamping & Assembly plant along with its rebadged variant the Lincoln MKZ — and formerly with its now discontinued rebadged variant, the Mercury Milan, all sharing the CD3 platform. The Ford Fusion mainly competes against cars such as the Buick Regal, Chevrolet Malibu, Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Altima, Toyota Camry and Volkswagen Passat.
Ford LTD Crown Victoria The Ford LTD Crown Victoria was a line of full-size cars produced by Ford from 1980 to 1991. Introduced as the flagship of the Ford LTD range for 1980, the LTD Crown Victoria was marketed as the Ford counterpart of the Mercury Grand Marquis. For 1983, Ford adopted the LTD Crown Victoria nameplate for its entire range of full-size sedans as part of a realignment of its model ranges. Produced as a two-door and four-door sedan, the model range included the woodgrained Ford LTD Country Squire station wagon; a version without wood trim was also produced.