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2009 Ford Escape and Escape Hybrid
There was no word of whether Ford would bring its exciting Kuga compact SUV from Europe for sale in the U.S. We believe that’s because the Escape has gotten tweaks to its transmission and looks over the past two years. The 2009 will be the most efficient Escape yet, and it still sells well. Why, then, would Ford need a Kuga before 2011? But today we’re talking only what Ford did announce.

2010 Ford Taurus (2008 shown above)
The redesigned Taurus will go on sale in mid-2009; we’d expect it to debut in either Detroit in January or Chicago in February. This will be Ford’s first car sold with a new EcoBoost engine, which was previously aimed to deliver V-8 power with a turbo V-6. It was not originally intended for maximum fuel savings. Perhaps that has changed recently, as there has been enough time to tweak the engine before its launch. The car itself will be based on an updated version of the Volvo S80 platform, which also underpins the new Lincoln MKS.