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New Missouri-built hybrid SUV from Ford to offer consumers efficient choice.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2004
The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 12--Can sport-utility vehicles, the thickly muscled Hulk Hogans of the automotive world, be successful in the marketplace as fuel-sipping, clean-burning machines?
We're about to find out.
The world's first SUV hybrids have been rolling off the production line at Ford Motor Co.'s plant in Claycomo and will make their debut in dealer showrooms later this summer.
Powered by a combination gas and electric engine, the Escape Hybrid boasts fuel efficiency that rivals or exceeds most family sedans and slashes pollution emissions to a level that qualifies buyers for a "clean car" federal tax deduction.
It is a sharp departure for SUVs, which have become an...
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