They forgot to add in taxes, on the new Escape they are going to be a lot more.

The best solution would be to dump the old Ford SUV for a base 4 cylinder 2wd Rav4, that will return real world 23mpg around town and cost almost $10k less than the Escape hybrid.

16mpg is generious, 13 is probably closer to the mark for an Expedition. Plus they are all 4wd up here so that hurts mileage as well.

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