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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
The EPA Combined on the 4WD/V6 Escape is 22mpg
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For a 2002 Escape V6 AWD it is 18 mpg combined. The newer Escapes with higher tech transmissions (6-speed) are higher.
And this is what gets me angry. All along car makers have made vehicles just good enough so people will buy them with no concern about developing new technology for higher mpg. It took federal mpg legislation to wake the car makers up and give us things like variable valve timing, direct injection, high tech automatic transmissions, etc. - things they had the technology to make all along but refused to because it would eat into their profits.
The car I replaced the Escape with is a 2007 Toyota Matrix. EPA has it at 27 mpg combined (FWD, automatic), which is pretty close with our 50/50 city/hwy driving. As shoddy as Toyota has become in its manufacturing, it is a car that is fun to drive and gives us a surprising amount of interior space for the size of the car. Plus, it can tow 1500 lbs. The 2008+ Matrixes are even more shoddy in workmanship and smaller on the inside. No thanks.