The Fusion is a nice car and deserves to be ranked in the top three (IMO).
Regarding the legitimacy of the article, the ratings were all subjective… very subjective. I read it too, and thought it was strange that they gave the VW high marks for performance when it was the slowest accelerating of the bunch.
There were a few other instances where one car was praised for the same thing another was lambasted for. I’d take that article with a tiny grain of salt, as it is fairly obvious that they went in to the tests with preconceptions that clouded their judgement.
Based on the article, some things GM could evaluate for themselves, is the calibration of the Malibu shift points and it’s comparison to the others. I’m not sure that other publications agree with Motor Trend on this comparo…
