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That's the downside of taking a vehicle not originally a hybrid and making it a hybrid. You shove the battery wherever it would fit. I've cursed many a time when I'd get a leaky tire on my CMAX because I don't have a spare, the high voltage battery is there. The new Escape has a battery that is physically much smaller. If the battery was that small in the CMAX, there would be no cargo space issues. It's amazing how small they can make things as technology gets better. Mine isn't the plug-in variety, but I needed to haul a 40 gallon hot water tank home, and it actually fit in my CMAX hybrid. Had an inch to the back window, but I was impressed. I'll be holding on to my car for a few more years.

I understand the new one is a 2.5 L. I was responding to the comment above saying the 2.0L was underpowered. I have one in my CMAX and don't think it is underpowered. The total combined hp of the 2.0L is 188hp and the standard hybrid 2.5L is 200 HP. A modest increase.

If I was in the market for a new car, the Escape hybrid would be my first choice, considering I have a 2015 CMAX hybrid, which I absolutely love. I would have to say the 2.0L hybrid powertrain is far from underpowered as the new system provides a small increase in combined HP.

Absolutely love my 2015 C-Max... was fun at an Alberta registry office trying to register the thing. Kept on coming up as a 4-door Mustang when they entered the vin...lol I kept point out of the window saying it's that small red hatchback over there. Does it look like a Mustang? The only negative I have is there is no spare tire. Where the spare would be is the high voltage battery. Had to get the car towed to the dealer because I had a flat tire that had a hole in it too big to hold air in it long enough to drive to a tire shop. Other than that, double the fuel efficiency my 2008 Fusion had. I'm happy. Hopefully there will be something similar when it comes time to replace my car.

If you do a Whois search on the fordcanadanews.ca from your email above reveals the following information. Registrant: Name: Wunderman, a division of The Young & Rubican Group of Companies, Ltd. Administrative contact: Name: Zeeshan Sumar Postal address: 60 Bloor Street West 8th Floor Toronto ON M4W3Z1 Canada Phone: +1.4169219050x4357 Fax: Email: zeeshan.sumar@yr.com Ford of Canada's website is www.ford.ca. Whois gives the following info with who registered that domain name. Registrant: Name: Ford Credit Canada Limited Name: Rick Kret Postal address: One American Road Dearborn MI 48126 United States Phone: +1.3133223000 Fax: +1.3133905011 Email: dnsmgr@ford.com So it doesn't look all that legit to me.

Not a popular car, that's for sure but I sure do love mine. I'm going to have to see if those headlights will fit in my 2015.

I think that hybrid powertrain is perfectly suited to the C-MAX. My smile never goes away when I floor it all the way, yet I don't drive like that all the time. If I did, I wouldn't get fantastic fuel efficiency. I can see the need for a bigger and more powerful version for the luxury vehicles though. But I also see a disconnect with their testing/driving procedures and their expectations. As akirby said, it seems its for entertainment value.

Would have loved to get Sync 3, but couldn't wait that long for a new car. The 2015 C-MAX I bought is fantastic. Just wish this generation had projector headlights...

finally found it for the android market and got "your device is not compatible with this item"... My 1 year old android phone is too old to run it

This reminds me of my 2008 Fusion with the ancient Sync system (mine's now running ver 1.3!!!!) When I had an iPhone 3G, it worked flawlessly with Ford's new Sync system. Evil Apple released iOS 3 and it made the iPhone unusable with the Sync system. Everyone viewed this as a Ford issue when in reality it was an Apple issue as it worked perfectly before the update. With subsequent updates, partial functionality was returned but it was never the same as it was before iOS 3.

In Canada we use the Imperial gallon. As it is bigger than the US gallon the MPG ratings are always higher than in the states. You can not compare MPG ratings in Canada directly with MPG ratings in the US... its silly but true. As 0.83 US gallons = 1 Imperial gallon. If you take the 55 MPG rating, multiply it by 0.83 to get an approximate US equivalent, you'd get 45.65 MPG.

I for one would buy a diesel powered Ford car if they ever released one. I owned 2 VW diesel cars in the past and I loved them. I would still own them if VW quality didn't suck. I had no problem finding fuel stations that I could fill my car up with, even going to some truck fueling stations where there aren't any line ups. The cars were pretty zippy considering the low horsepower (75hp for my 95 Golf with a 1.9L IDI TD (canada only) and 90hp for my 99 Golf 1.9L TDI). Fuel efficiency was way better than anything else I have owned. Living in Canada, people worry about fuel gelling and such. I've never had an issue with this as VW recirculated the warm and unused fuel through the fuel filter to prevent gelling. My 99 TDI didn't even come with a block heater. I started it one night when it was -38C... it puked out tons of smoke and ran pretty crappy until it warmed up... but it started. Lord knows if my Fusion would start at -38C not plugged in... I know this is a different beast compared to modern technology, but there are people out there who would buy a diesel powered car, regardless of the costs. Hopefully a company will release a diesel powered car here, it will be successful and Ford will respond with one of their own.

Once you learn how to shift, you don't even think about the manual transmission. Operating the clutch and the shifter becomes instinct and you don't even think about it. It is not a distraction. I plan on buying a 6th gen F-Series truck by the end of the year, it will have a manual in it. I miss shifting sooooo badly! I will then teach my other half and my room mate how to drive a manual. It's an important skill to learn and everyone should learn it, in my opinion. As for choosing to buy one, it's personal preference. Wow is all I can say. lol No comment needed... lol

If they want a big vehicle, fine. If they falsely believe that they actually NEED it, that is where we are thinking it's shameful. Please don't turn this into something it is not.

I think he's trying to say that it's a shame when people think they need a bigger vehicle than they really do. Like if they think they need a big SUV for the 1 week of camping they do a year, or they think it's bigger so it must be safer, or it has 4x4 or the 2" of snow they get a year... they really don't need an SUV. If they want one, that a different story. In Edmonton, we have had 50" of snow fall in the past couple weeks, biggest snowfall in the past 30 years. We have a total of 67" of snow on the ground, and my Fusion with all season tires and hasn't gotten stuck yet. I don't need an SUV, CUV, truck... I am happy with my car, I'd be happy with that Focus wagon. I think it looks great! Everyone has their own opinions, Borg just makes his known over and over and over and over...

Ah, I forgot about that one. i'm from Canada and I don't think it was sold here... I've never ever seen one in person, I know that much.

What I think is funny when I went in to get my Ford Fusion serviced at my local dealership in Edmonton, Alberta, I was waiting for the courtesy shuttle and saw a banner sign hanging on the ceiling that listed all the new Ford models they currently sell... The first one listed? FESTIVA... I'm not sure if the banners were made by Ford of Canada or by the dealership, but I think it's terrible when they can't keep the car names straight!! That said, I wouldn't mind a car called the Capri... even though the last Capri I remember was a Mercury based off of a Mustang.

one of my keys failed where it wouldn't start the car. The security light would just flash like mad. They tried reprogramming it and it wouldn't reprogram. They replaced the key. The other key failure was the keyfob part and I was smart enough to figure out that the key fit in the little hole in the door... :rolleyes: they replaced that one under warranty too as replacing a battery did not fix it and according to their tests, it wasn't producing a signal.

I do... but then again I had two key fobs fail on me in less than a week. Thank goodness for warranty replacements. Call me paranoid, but I'd rather not be stuck if the key I was using decides to die again.

That's the problem, I DON'T want a high end Ford. I DON'T want a low end Lincoln. Anyways, I apparently am thinking like GM so I'm just going to stop talking. Thank you for your opinion.

I think this is a sad day for Ford Motor Company. I have been very proud of everything they've done in the past couple years, being the only one not to take a bail out. All the successes, all the positive praise they are getting from the press and drawing in new customers. Even though I am from Canada and have not had the privilege of buying a new Mercury (I would have bought a Milan instead of the Fusion if I could)for over 10 years, I still remember one of my first cars being a Mercury Cougar. I loved that thing, I've been attached to Mercury ever since. I had always wanted to buy a new Mercury. I had hopes that Ford would breath new life into the brand they've neglected for far too long. Why do you think sales of Mercury vehicles are only 0.8% of company sales? They've not added new models and have constantly taken away models. You do not have to be a brain surgeon to realize that the reason Mercury sells so little is because they allowed it, by plan or by neglect, to rot and wither with so few models. They wanted to kill Mercury... and now they have done it. My respect for Ford Motor Company has gone down. I am still Mercury fan at heart, but have been forced into Fords... i'm just sad there aren't any other real American car companies to buy from.

I really like that thing... :D

Ask anyone with an iPhone with OS 3.1, it does NOT like the Sync system. As soon as it gets a bluetooth connection, it'll start playing music even if the Sync system is not set to Bluetooth Audio. The sound is choppy when using bluetooth audio streaming playing your music and if you plug your phone into the USB port, it's still trying to stream over bluetooth audio. After Sync reindexes the iPhone (pretty much everytime now) you have to manually change it to the dock connector to get it to play through the USB port. Unplug it and plug it back it, it defaults to bluetooth audio streaming. I hate it so much that I turned bluetooth off so it doesn't kill my battery playing music for no reason. So no hands free phone for me. Do we really want Apple involved with our cars?

Well it was never designed to be sold here. Perfect for the market it is intended for.

I dream of owning a Vic. Most think I'm crazy... I am 31 and have wanted to own a Vic for years and years. I suppose that when that day comes it will be a used one. I also have a thing for the Lincoln Mark VIII... pre 97 because I didn't like how it looked after the refresh. So add one more crazy person who dreams of owning a Vic.... For now I am enjoying my Fusion.