The Fusion was alone in the group inhaving six speeds in its automatic,although you wouldn’t know it from the“D”and “L”choices on the shifter. A fewdrivers reported some hunting betweenfifth and sixth gears at freeway speeds.More disturbing was the occasional jerkysnatch into first gear at parking-lot speeds.Inside,the front seats drew favorablereviews for their firmness and good posi-tioning. The Ford,however,was the onlyone with a power option that moves justthe seat position; backrest angle is changedwith an ordinary manual lever. We alsothought the turn-signal lever was oddlypositioned; it angles up toward 10 o’clock.