jonas1022 said:
Compare it to a relatively stripped 4 cylinder auto Escape, the Hybrid is a definite no. The price differential is too great to make up in say five years.
Why would you compare it to a stripped 4-cylinder Escape? Ford themselves compare the Hybrid to a V6 Escape, declaring it provides the power & performance of the 6-cylinder while providing better mileage and emissions than the I4.
Also, the Hybrid model has always been outfitted considerably better than the 4-cylinder, so the comparison is apples - to - oranges.
To each their own… but with the steady increase in petroleum prices (and dropping prices here in Canada thanks to the falling U.S. dollar) I suspect that many more will be asking for brochures on the hybrid model in the years to come. The improvements in the 2009 even have us considering whether it may be time to upgrade from the 2005.
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