The Ford Escape offers three different four-cylinder engines and is worth a look, too.
Unidentified Man(speaking in commercial for Ford Escape): The 36-mile per gallon Ford Escape.
The girl, all of 9 years old, freed herself and crawled out of the window of the wrecked Ford Escape.
Other strong sellers included the Ford Fusion sedan, which gained 10 percent, and the Ford Escape, which was up 26 percent.
While the 2004-2008 Prius is the most popular hybrid conversion, it is also possible on 2005-2008 Mercury Mariner and Ford Escape hybrids.
Ford Motor has been a leader in the use of recycled materials, starting in 2008 with the upholstery in the Ford Escape hybrid.
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The Lincoln MKC concept is similar in size to the recently launched Ford Escape crossover wagon, which shares the basic underpinnings of the Ford Focus.
Mulally is widely credited with helping Ford escape bankruptcy or a federal bailout during the 2009 economic crisis which claimed both General Motors and Chrysler.
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What's to be left seems to be the Mercury Milan, a four-door sedan version of the Ford Fusion, and the Mariner, the Mercury version of the Ford Escape SUV.
While many other hybrids, including the Honda Civic and Ford Escape, look almost identical to their conventionally powered counterparts, the Prius was designed from the ground up as hybrid-only car.
At about the time Barack Obama (2009- ) threw his hat into the ring to run for the presidency he traded in his Chrysler 300C sedan for a fuel-efficient Ford Escape Hybrid crossover SUV.
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Modern cars like the Cadillac ATS, Dodge Dart and Ford Escape, for example, have shuttered panels in the grille that allow air to flow more smoothly around the vehicle, depending on speed and driving conditions.
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After being criticized during their last trip for arriving in Washington in corporate jets, Mulally and Wagoner are driving to the nation's capital in hybrid cars -- Mulally in a Ford Escape and Wagoner in a Chevrolet Malibu.
Other models on the least expensive to insure list include the Jeep Patriot and Compass, Ford Escape, Kia Sportage and Hyundai Tuscon and Santa Fe crossover SUVs and the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and Canyon and Nissan Frontier pickup trucks.
Prior to taking office Obama tooled around Chicago behind the wheel of an urban-cool Chrysler 300C sedan, which he proceeded to trade in upon throwing his hat into the proverbial ring for a for a more fuel-efficient and politically expeditious Ford Escape Hybrid SUV.
Sales of Ford's Escape hybrid SUV were up more than 50 percent last month.
Under the two-year program, Ford will supply Zipcar with up to 1, 000 Ford Focus and Escape vehicles for use by students at more than 250 U.S. campuses.
The two-year strategic Zipcar-Ford alliance will introduce a new generation of drivers from university and college campuses to the highly fuel-efficient Ford Focus and Escape vehicles as well as offer incentives to join and use Zipcar car sharing services on and around campus.
Admittedly, this methodology favors time-tested models that have clocked at least a modest ownership history and tends to exclude both promising newcomers like the Chevrolet Spark and Dodge Dart, as well as cars that recently received extensive mechanical redesigns like the Ford Fusion and Escape.
Chrysler's Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV sales jumped 27%, while Ford's redesigned Escape SUV rose 52%.
With the 2013 versions of Fusion and Escape, Ford might be able to snatch back some of its lost market share in the last quarter.
By harnessing the acting chops of employees who actually helped design and build the new Escape, Ford has further engaged its culture in a Go Further positioning that began as an internal-branding makeover early this year before the company unveiled the theme and also aimed it at consumers in the spring.
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When Ford Motor redesigned its popular Escape utility vehicle for the 2013 model year, fans of the boxy predecessor lamented its curvy new shape.
In either event, Ford is planning for initial demand of the Escape Hybrid to far outstrip supply, according to Marty Collins , Ford's general marketing manager.
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