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"The new 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid is the industry's first no-compromise, full-hybrid SUV and raises the bar in technological innovation," says Mary Ann Wright, Ford Motor Company's director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Programs, and Escape Hybrid's chief engineer. The 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid is the cleanest, most fuel-efficient SUV on the road, featuring the product strengths that have made Ford Escape the nation's best-selling small SUV. The Escape Hybrid has a full-hybrid system that enables it to run on its gasoline engine, electric battery power, or both together. Its responsive steering and handling and available four-wheel drive deliver a driving experience unlike any other hybrid vehicle available.
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"The 2005 Escape Hybrid is the embodiment of Ford's philosophy-a fuel-efficient, cleaner-emissions version of the capable Escape SUV-and a crucial foray into the rapidly growing hybrid vehicles market," said Bill Ford, Ford chairman and CEO.
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The same inflation that afflicts the Prius also hampers the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid. Simply put, it's hard to talk about value when people are waiting for months to drive home their beauties - and paying thousands over sticker to do so. Even with that, however, the Escape Hybrid is a solid value - once a little air is released from the hybrid market - because it is the only hybrid SUV available for purchase. That will change when the Toyota Highlander Hybrid and its third-row seat shows up in June, but even then - count on a starting price north of $30,000 for Toyota's hybrid SUV. That's a lot of green for seven-passenger seating, and the Ford Escape Hybrid will continue to serve as a solid buy after the debut of the Toyota, depending on what you put in the thing. At its base level, the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid with front-wheel drive comes in at $26,380, and with all-wheel-drive at $28,005. Option packages include the Energy, Audiophile and Navigation system package for $1,850, which features an Audiophile audio system, CD-based satellite navigation and a display on the nav system that shows fuel economy, and how the hybrid powertrain manages the power. There's also a safety package for $595 that includes side-curtain airbags covering front and rear seating areas. There's a leather comfort package for $575, an appearance package for $625 (front and side fascias), a MACH audio with 6-disc changer for $565, a 110-volt AC power outlet at $110, a retractable rear cargo cover for $75 and rear carpeted floor mats for $25. Must-have options for the Ford Escape Hybrid include the Energy package for $1,850 and the safety package for $595. That's an additional $2,445 dollars tacked onto the sticker - making the front-wheel Escape Hybrid's cost close to $29,000, around $6,000 more than the Prius with side curtain airbags and much better fuel economy.
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Originallyintroduced at the 2003 New York International Auto Show, the Ford Escape Hybrid SUV is destined to arrive in Canadian showroom mid to late September 2004. Ford Canada expects to sell 700 units to the end of 2004, and 2,000 annually.
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The Escape will not be the lone fuel-efficient SUV on the road for long, as Lexus and Toyota hybrid SUV models will be available soon. If Ford wants to solidify a place as the industry leader in providing consumers with a real choice in SUVs, you can complement your Escape hybrid by improving your conventional Explorer fleet. With "off-the-shelf" engine improvements, improved tires and aerodynamics, and a stronger but lighter unibody frame, you could make your Explorers both safer and more fuel-efficient.
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"The launch of Ford's Escape Hybrid is bringing together two groups - autoworkers and environmentalists - who have not always seen eye-to-eye in the past," said Mike Perry, president of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 249. "But this partnership is more important now than ever. "The Escape Hybrid is a winner for both jobs and the environment," said Charles Griffith, Auto Project director of the Michigan based Ecology Center. "There is enormous potential for revitalizing auto manufacturing in the nation's heartland, while at the same time making positive environmental steps to reduce the release of greenhouse gases and to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. "Ford Escape Hybrid is a no-compromise solution that helps to deliver on Ford's promise to work toward a better world," said Ford's Phil Martens, group vice president for product creation. "It will offer four wheel drive and uncompromised cargo capacity and ground clearance, while cleverly packaging a large battery pack.
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