Comments on: Ford US celebrates 100,000 hybrid SUVs

By: Spitfire

Spitfire — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:19:42 +0000

Frontman, you are right about the frontal styling of the Escape sold in the US and Canada. I saw a lot of them when I was on holiday in Canada last year and they are a huge improvement on what we get here.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:28:12 +0000

My guess for a Territory sized 4WD with a Hybrid drivetrain…about 8-10L/100km

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:13:38 +0000

Tim,
i would suggest you are on the money in the next gen Terry getting the hybrid drivetrain.

Ive never really gotten into what fuel consumption these SUVs get.
any ideas???

By: Frontman

Frontman — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:54:30 +0000

That’s pretty much it Brett. The Escape in the US differs to the Taiwan built one we get here in several areas. But hey I wished we had’ve gotten that face rather than our current one. The part of this particular vehicles story I like is that they put it into the Taxi fleet first to test it’s durability! Whilst people joke about Fords and taxi’s, you gotta admit that it is one hell of a way to do real life testing.

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:48:20 +0000

Tim, isn’t the US Escape essentially the same as the Escape already sold in Aus?

Aleks, my guess would be the economics of the deal. It’s probably no coincidence that Ford don’t import anything from the US.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:39:45 +0000

^^ Clash with the Territory. My guess is that Ford Australia will want to get the hybrid drivetrain for the next gen Territory.

By: Aleks

Aleks — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:09:05 +0000

Why the hell don’t we get these?