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Automobile (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid 4WD Ford has greatly improved the Mercury Mariner (and its twin, the Ford Escape) in the last two years, concentrating on the styling for 2008 and the mechanicals for 2009. If we're all going to end up driving hybrids, the revolution should start in this class. I think the small cute-ute/crossover segment was born out of nothing but marketing departments, and these vehicles...
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AskPatty - Automotive Advice For Wo (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
The Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner are even more earth-friendly for 2009, thanks to class-leading fuel economy and new soy-based foam seat cushions wrapped in 100 percent recycled fabric, the first such seats in the automotive industry. "As Ford continues...
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Arbitrary and Capricious (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
This week the beloved VW wagon broke down for the last time. Today we traded it in (with a few tears from the boy) for this fine machine: It's a 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid . Union - made in the USA for the lunch-buckets, reduced fuel consumption and tailpipe emissions for the tree-huggers, it's the perfect ride for a couple of forty-something northwest Democrats .
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
As interest in fuel-efficiency soars, Ford has spruced up its gasoline-electric hybrid Escape and Mercury Mariner for 2009.
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Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
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.
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Truckblog News (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
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 CR-V'
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Driive (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
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 [...]
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Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
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...
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Product Reviews Net (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
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 [...]
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Detroit News (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Ford Motor Co.'s 2009 compact sport utility vehicles have earned the government's highest safety rating, with both the regular and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner claiming best-in-class crash-test ratings.
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cars (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
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...
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Winding Road (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
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...
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Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
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...
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Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
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...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
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...
