remember hybrids get their best mileage on short trips and stop and go city driving. Opposite of traditional powertrains. That 100 miles might not be any safer with hybrid?I'll probably be waiting to see if they are going to offer a hybrid AWD version and what's exactly included in the FX4 package.
The 2.0 Ecoboost would likely be more fun to drive, but as someone who a few days ago drove his Transit Connect over 100 miles of empty dirt roads only to find a pass still closed due to snow and so had to turn around and drive back sweating the gas (the gas station was farther back than the end of the pavement), the range of the hybrid would be amazing.
This was 100 miles of potholes and tight turns up and down steep hills. The constant accelerating and decelerating would have been great for a hybrid but was terrible for the Transit Connect's mpgs. Though I recognize I don't drive that everyday. And really we made it back with some breathing room as we had more downhill on the return run, but avoided checking out a supposedly cool spot on order to keep a margin of safety as we were OUT there.remember hybrids get their best mileage on short trips and stop and go city driving. Opposite of traditional powertrains. That 100 miles might not be any safer with hybrid?