|  | | | 2007 Ford Escape Hybrid
Vehicle Highlights - 2007 Ford Escape Hybrid
- Four available packages combine appearance, infotainment and safety features
- Three new exterior colors are available
- Outstanding fuel economy achieving 36 mpg in city driving
- Acceleration performance is similar to a V-6, but with a smaller, gas engine
- "Full" hybrid system is able to run on gasoline engine, electric battery power or both together
- Offers 8-year/100,000-mile warranty on Hybrid-related components
Overview
Ford Escape Hybrid is still the cleanest and most fuel-efficient SUV in the world, combining the fuel economy and emissions benefits of a "full" hybrid with the go-anywhere capability, toughness and spaciousness of the Ford Escape – America's favorite small SUV.
For 2007, Ford Escape Hybrid offers customers the choice of four new packages, combining a fresh look with infotainment and safety features and three new exterior colors.
2007 Escape Hybrid is a "full" hybrid, meaning it automatically switches between pure electric power, pure gasoline engine power or combined operation to maximize efficiency and performance. Its gasoline engine and electric motor work in concert, providing performance similar to that of a V-6 engine. In less demanding situations, the Escape Hybrid can run on its electric motor alone, (at speeds up to 25 mph) its gasoline engine alone or the most efficient combination of the two.
Full hybrids achieve their greatest improvement in fuel economy during stop- and -go driving, when the electric motor is most efficient. In fact, the Escape Hybrid provides approximately 80 percent better fuel economy in city driving than the conventional V-6 Escape. Escape Hybrid can travel more than 400-500 miles in city driving on a single tank of gasoline.
2007 Ford Escape Hybrid offers four-wheel-drive and towing capability of up to 1,000 pounds when properly equipped.
Escape Hybrid is available in either FWD or Intelligent 4WD. It is produced at Ford's Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo.
Design and Equipment
2007 Ford Escape Hybrid looks like the traditional Escape, the best-selling compact sport utility, with a few key differences. The Escape Hybrid features unique badging that uses the Ford road and leaf insignia, with standard 16-inch wheels and a discreet battery cooling vent in the driver's side rear quarter window. Escape Hybrid is available with a special appearance package that features body-color door handles and silver bumper covers, body-side cladding and wheel lip moldings.
For 2007, three new exterior colors are added to the Escape Hybrid lineup. They include Dune Pearl Clearcoat Metallic, Tungsten Grey Clearcoat Metallic and Vista Blue Clearcoat Metallic.
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