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HIGHS Attractive design outside and in, two different engine options, physical buttons control key functions. LOWS Abundance of hard plastic in lower trims' cabins, unnecessarily firm ride, ...

Hybrid SUVs are all over the place these days, but their existence was predicated by the Ford Escape Hybrid. When it went on sale for 2005, the Escape Hybrid was the first-ever SUV with a gas-electric ...

Bronco this, Mustang that. Ford makes plenty of noise about its enthusiast vehicles, but aside from the ubiquitous F-Series pickup and venerable Explorer, the Escape is the Blue Oval's bestseller.