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Ford set the stage for its introduction of the 2005 Escape Hybrid Sport Utility Vehicle by taking it on a 37-hour trek through Manhattan immediately before the New York Auto Show-using only one tank of gas.
Beststuff - 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid
From the consumer standpoint, the Escape Hybrid and other hybrids pose a dilemma. Hybrids are more expensive than comparable gas-powered vehicles. In this case, the Hybrids base price is about $3,800 more than a similarly equipped V-6 Escape XLT. But for many, this is not a matter of economy so much as ecology. The Escape Hybrid produces 97 percent less hydrocarbon and oxides of nitrogen emissions than vehicles that meet todays nationwide Tier 1 emissions standard and produces as little as half the amount of carbon dioxide Hybrids are cleaner, better for the environment and people bow down before you when you pull up to the neighborhood recycling center.
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Driving in a green Ford Escape Hybrid with Charlie Hoskins of United Auto Workers National Ford Department, Bill Ford joined Missouri Gov. Bob Holden, employees and local plant officials to officially mark the occasion. Ford plans to produce about 20,000 Escape Hybrids during in its first full year. The Escape Hybrid is the first hybrid electric vehicle that can comfortably accommodate five adults and all of their gear.
2005 Ford Escape Hybrid Road Test
Up to now, though, hybrid vehicles were designed for commuters who had fuel economy top of mind. You know - small cars and such. But then along comes the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid, and the first SUV built with a hybrid powertrain makes this technology available to everyone.
Preview: 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid - MSN Autos
The Escape Hybrid "could not have arrived at a better time", Phil Martens, Ford group vice president of product creation, told MSN Autos. The introduction of the Escape Hybrid coincides with climbing gas prices while compact SUV sales have never been better. In a full hybrid, such as the new Escape Hybrid or the Toyota Prius, the vehicle can be propelled via the gasoline engine, the electric motor, or both. At slow speeds when little power is needed, the vehicle moves along silently on just electric power. The gasoline engine shutting off when not needed is the most significant source of fuel savings. Since the engine has to be able to start quickly and seamlessly, the Escape Hybrid has a more powerful starter that can have the engine running in less than 400 milliseconds-virtually unnoticeable to the driver.
2005 Hybrid Comparison
The 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid is a painless car to drive. But when compared to its direct hybrid competition, it's the mind-numbing Novocain variety of painless. This SUV, thanks to its weight and stance, was at an instant disadvantage. As such, it is a great straight-ahead cruiser that betters the Prius when it comes to freeway driving. But get the Escape Hybrid on a winding road and you experience far too much body roll and understeer - hints that perhaps that weight makes the ride worse than it would be in a regular Escape, or other small SUVs. Located under the floor of the cargo area, the heavy battery pack seems to have an adverse impact on performance - especially going up or downhill, and taking corners. Stopping a canoe like that is a challenge, and if that boy can't swim - look out. The Escape Hybrid has no such problem, with four-wheel antilock disc brakes. As with the other hybrids, the Ford Escape Hybrid has regenerative braking baked right in, to capture energy expended when the vehicle is coming to a stop. Keeping the car on the road are a MacPherson strut front suspension, rack-and-pinion steering, and an independent rear suspension. Ford claims that the suspension was dialed in specifically for the hybrid - and if so - Ford should know that tree huggers like to drive with their hair on fire too. What the Ford Escape Hybrid has going for it is a choice of drives - front-wheel or four-wheel. And while Ford people tout the off-road capability of this vehicle, it would seem to be mocking Mother Nature to carve up a canyon with a green SUV.
Hybrid Cars - Ford Escape Hybrid
A year later, the Escape Hybrid is no longer alone in the hybrid SUV category. The Lexus Rx400h and Toyota Highlander Hybrid-essentially the same hybrid system in two different skins-have stolen the Escape's thunder. The Escape lacks the luxury features of the Rx400h, and lacks the power and seating capacity of the Highlander Hybrid.
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