Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner are using new soy-based foam seat cushions wrapped in 100% recycled fabric, the first such seats in the automotive industry.
Driive (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
The 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner compact sport utility vehicles added to Ford's leading number of top-safety-rated vehicles by earning five stars in each of the government's crash-worthiness tests. The results top the Toyota RAV-4 and, with the 2009 Escape's improved fuel efficiency, offer better combined safety and fuel efficiency ratings than the Honda [...]
Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
The 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid and Mercury Mariner Hybrid earned 5 star safety ratings in government crash testing. Hybrid cars, with all of their technology, tend to worry some people. They wonder if they are as safe as other cars on the road, what with the high electric currents from their oversized battery packs. But when it comes to crash testing, hybrid cars are as safe, if not safer than the other...
cars (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
The Mercury Mariner Hybrid uses both gasoline engine and electric motor, which gives a 50% increase in driving efficiency with a much lower emission. All this is achieved by the use of 6 powertrain components, which work in perfect unison. Ford motor has 40 patents in hybrid engine technology and 70 pending. "The greatest appeal of the Mercury Mariner Hybrid is that it satisfies both your environmental...
Winding Road (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
After spending a little over a week and a half in our test fleet, we found the 2009 Mercury Mariner Hybrid to be a good contender in this segment, but not something we’re eager to drive on a daily basis. For the new model year, Ford has bumped up the power of the four-cylinder gasoline motor to 175 horsepower, acceleration is still quite slow. On top of that, the weak engine mated to continuously...
Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Salim Bhabhrawala figured it out when he saw that his garden hose, in an alley near his Northeast Washington, D.C., home, had been cut a few feet short. When he parked his car the night before, he had about half a tank of gas. Now, when he started up the Mercury Mariner, the low-fuel light glowed on the dashboard. He looked in the rearview mirror. The gas tank cover was wide open. "Putting two and...
Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid has improved its fuel economy by 1 mpg over the 2008 model, getting a 34 city/31 highway mpg rating from the EPA. Since the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner Hybrid (and Mazda Tribute) are all built the same, you should expect the same improvements in the 2009 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Read up on more of the improvements to the 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid and Mercury Mariner Hybrid...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Green , Crossovers/CUVs , Ford , Mercury , Driving Click the image above for more high res pics of the 2009 Mariner Hybrid Ford took pride in being the first automaker on the planet to offer a hybrid utility vehicle when it introduced the first battery-assisted Ford Escape in mid-2004. The Escape hybrid has had mixed success over the past few years, but with gas...
Auto Spectator (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A new powertrain lineup, with a more powerful and fuel-efficient 2.5-liter I-4 engine and a new six-speed automatic transmission, leads the list of enhancements for the 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner models. Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner, the popular compact SUVs, boast better fuel economy, thanks to a combination of the new engine and fuel-saving six-speed transmission.
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
When we think of hybrids we tend to think of a small gas engine and an even smaller electric motor, a la the 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid . There's also the inverse, like the Aptera , which uses a small gas engine to power a strong electric motor. But "hybrid" can mean so many different things. It's just two concepts combined to make one. Jon Stewart, for instance, drives a truck-robotic dinosaur hybrid...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
I drove a 2008 Mariner Hybrid with a 153-horsepower 2.3-liter 4-cylinder engine combined with a 94-horsepower electric motor powertrain and FWD (2WD). It came with the Hybrid Premium Package, which included power heated mirrors, heated front seats, a digital navigation system, roof rack with cross bars, leather seating, and a retractable cargo cover ($3,395). It also had Sirius satellite radio ($995)...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Crossovers/CUVs , Ford , Driving Click on the 2009 Ford Escape for a high res gallery The 2008 redesign of the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner wasn't the clean-sheet redesign Ford would like people to believe. In fact, only the parts visible to the naked eye were "all new." Aside from the body and interior, the working bits that make the badge-engineered duo go were...
Automotive Business Review (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Ford Motor has announced that it is rolling out the 2009 Ford Escape and 2009 Mercury Mariner with a new set of tires for improved fuel economy.
Auto Spectator (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
DEARBORN, Mich., May 14, 2008 – Cheating the wind with aerodynamic improvements helps the 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner become more fuel efficient.Already among America’s most fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly SUVs, the Escape and Mariner receive aerodynamic refinements on top of powertrain upgrades that contribute to an overall estimated 1 mpg improvement in fuel economy for the four-...
Truckblog News (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
A new powertrain lineup, with a more powerful and fuel-efficient 2'5-liter I-4 engine and a new six-speed automatic transmission, leads the list of enhancements for the 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner models' Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner, the popular compact SUVs, boast better fuel economy, thanks to a combination of the new engine and fuel-saving six-speed transmission' Other fuel-efficiency...
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