2007 Ford Escape Hybrid Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Ford Escape Hybrid:

"...storage room is generous. Deep door pockets, a glove box, a big, covered storage bin and a smattering of cup holders and cubbyholes take care of your carry-ons."

-- AutoSite.com

"Operating in front wheel drive under normal conditions, sensors in each wheel detect slip, and channel power rearward as necessary to maintain your grip."

-- AutoSite.com

...storage room is generous. Deep door pockets, a glove box, a big, covered storage bin and a smattering of cup holders and cubbyholes take care of your carry-ons.

-- AutoSite.com

Operating in front wheel drive under normal conditions, sensors in each wheel detect slip, and channel power rearward as necessary to maintain your grip.

-- AutoSite.com

Its part-cute, part-tough styling is just inoffensive enough to appeal to a wide demographic.

-- Motor Trend

"The Escape Hybrid drives like a normal vehicle, with the engine controls deciding when the vehicle should be using electric power, or gas power, or both. All a driver does is drive."

-- MSN Autos

?While more costly than conventional Escapes, buyers of the hybrid version get a one-time $1,500 federal tax deduction.?

-- MSN Autos

The Escape Hybrid drives like a normal vehicle, with the engine controls deciding when the vehicle should be using electric power, or gas power, or both. All a driver does is drive.

-- MSN Autos

What reviewers liked least about the Ford Escape Hybrid:

"...the EPA?s estimating for hybrids seems less accurate than their numbers with gas powered vehicles. We averaged 28 mpg?s in a mix of city/country driving in my front wheel drive tester."

-- AutoSite.com

The only bothersome noises are some engine blare...uphill...when it's straining...

-- Cars.com

Four-cylinder engine feels unrefined at high rpm...

-- Edmunds.com

...so-so interior materials quality.

-- Edmunds.com

"The Escape's seats are arguably overstuffed and too shallow to offer good thigh support to tall drivers?"

-- Motor Trend

The Escape's seats are arguably overstuffed and too shallow to offer good thigh support to tall drivers...

-- Motor Trend

"The Escape Hybrid is pricey, though. Starting manufacturer's suggested retail price of more than $26,000 for a two-wheel-drive model with continuously variable transmission is some $7,000 more than a base, two-wheel-drive Escape with 4-cylinder gas engine and manual transmission. It's also some $3,000 more than a base, two-wheel-drive, V6-powered Escape."

-- MSN Autos

Ford Escape Hybrid Comparisons:

The Hybrid's handling traits differ little from gas-powered Escapes. You can hardly tells it's using electric power steering.

-- Cars.com

The swift hybrid powertrain is nearly as quick as the V6 Escape...

-- Edmunds.com

At the back of the vehicle, there's a bit less cargo room than a regular Escape has because the hybrid's electric battery pack, composed of 250 D-sized cells in a sealed unit, sits under the cargo floor. So, while a regular Escape offers 29.3 cubic feet of storage space behind the rear seats and maximum 66.3 cubic feet if the rear seats aren't used by passengers, the corresponding numbers in the hybrid are 27.6 and 65.5 cubic feet, respectively.

-- MSN Autos

Best one-liner about the Ford Escape Hybrid:

"You only need the electric motor to get started, but it takes a while to train your brain to this."

-- AutoSite.com

"Fuel Proof."

-- AutoSite.com

Fuel Proof.

-- AutoSite.com

You only need the electric motor to get started, but it takes a while to train your brain to this.

-- AutoSite.com

"And, no, you don't have to plug it in."

-- New Car Test Drive

And, no, you don't have to plug it in.

-- New Car Test Drive