we had waited on the 'new' Escape'; Kuga, as we wanted a high seating position vehicle. We had already selected all the options we wanted on our Escape SEL, just needed to pick the color when the C-Max arrived. The 47, 47, 47 caught our eye and we drove one and is actually an Escape with different top hat but much, much MPG for the same price so NO on the Escape Hybrid.
If you think the Escape Hybrid has similar MPG you need to review the data, not close.