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Ford (Photo of Betty Jeffery with 2005 Ford Escape SUV hybrid) The Ford Escape hybrid SUV has been available at Brooks Hanna Ford in Butte since early spring. Listing at 32,985, the Escape hybrid gets an average mileage of 33 mpg in the city and 29 mpg on the highway.
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Above, "A Subaru Forester is seen during side impact testing at the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety. The Forester and the Ford Escape were the only two compact sport utility vehicles to score a 'good' grade in the new crash test designed to measure injuries resulting from a SUV or pickup truck ramming into the side of the vehicles. The IIHS released test results for 12 compact SUVs on June 17, 2003, with the Mitsubishi Outlander notching the worst score.
2002 Ford Escape Xls SUV recalls, safety ratings at CARFAX
CARFAX has collected the industry's leading used car safety and reliability ratings into one, convenient report. With this report, you'll know the safety and reliability of your next used car. All information presented in this report is specific to the 2002 FORD ESCAPE XLS. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) uses a frontal offset crash test to estimate the crashworthiness of a vehicle. These results are good indicators of how a frontal impact will structurally impact this 2002 FORD ESCAPE XLS. The crashworthiness data for this 2002 FORD ESCAPE XLS was provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data Institute. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducts four 5 mph crash tests to assess bumper performance. These results convey how well this 2002 FORD ESCAPE XLS bumpers will protect the car body from damage in low-speed collisions.
Safety: Safety Decoder: How to Make Sense of the Crash Ratings
The Verona notwithstanding, most vehicles can advertise a five-star safety rating from the government in some category. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been conducting a frontal crash test since the late 1970's and a side impact test since 1996.
2005 Ford Escape Hybrid Review AutoSite New Car Reviews
Without the 70 kW permanent-magnet electric motor assist, the Ford Escape Hybrid would not perform as though it was equipped with a V6 engine. When additional power is needed, such as when accelerating from a stop or when passing, the Escape Hybrid's electric motor supplements the gasoline engine in making power. Ford claims that the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid achieves about 30 mpg on the highway and between 35 and 40 mpg in stop-and-go city driving. In fact, the Escape Hybrid proved its mettle on the streets of Manhattan in the days before the 2004 New York Auto Show. During 37 consecutive hours of driving on a single 15-gallon tank of fuel, the Escape Hybrid covered 576 miles at an average of better than 38 mpg while producing almost zero noxious emissions. According to Ford, the Escape Hybrid emits less than one pound of smog-forming pollution for every 15,000 miles it travels. Unlike some hybrids, this Escape is a full hybrid vehicle, meaning that it can operate solely on its battery pack without the internal combustion gasoline engine running. In fact, the Ford Escape Hybrid will be able to go as fast as 25 mph without burning a drop of fuel, albeit for short distances. The battery pack consists of 250 D-cell sized batteries located underneath the rear cargo floor. The Ford Escape Hybrid never needs to be plugged in for recharging, and a standard thermal management system keeps the batteries warm in cold weather and cool in warm weather for optimum performance and a longer lifespan. Ford estimates that in city driving, the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid can run purely on electric power as much as 40 percent of the time in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Crash Test Ratings -- side impact crash test results for small ...
For the first time, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated vehicles in side impact crash tests to provide consumer information. The best performers among the 12 small SUVs tested (2003 models) are the Subaru Forester and the Ford Escape with optional side airbags.
2004 Ford Escape Crash Test Ratings & Safety Ratings at ...
Keeping your family and loved ones safe should be your top priority. Even though 2004 Ford Escape safety is getting better, and auto related deaths are declining, car crashes are still a leading cause of death in the United States.
Ford Escape ANCAP crash test - Motoring - MyNRMA
A Mazda Tribute was tested by ANCAP. It was introduced in 2001. The Ford Escape is based on the same vehicle and can be expected to provide similar crashworthiness. In 2004 side airbags with head-protection became standard on the Mazda Tribute but are only available on the "Limited' variant of the Escape. This assessment applies to the Escape without side airbags.
Most small SUVs fail crash test by insurance group - Jun. 18, 2003
When equipped with that airbag, the Escape got the top rating, "good", as did the Subaru Forester, which also has a side-impact air bag. Ford said about 20 percent of buyers of the Ford Escape buy the optional side impact air bag.
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