Hybrid Vehicles Guide

Overview: We are not the kind of people that get bothered by small, insignificant details. We don’t use a navigation system, and it’s unlikely that we ever will. We don’t see the use of On-Star, or the many clones of On-Star, as we have a cell phone and it does it’s just quite nicely.

So, when we reviewed the 2007 Mercury Mariner hybrid, we didn’t have a lot to complain about. A lot of reviews have slammed the Mariner hybrid for having unacceptable features, such as a small LCD screen for the navigation system (who cares?) or having lackluster acceleration (it’s an SUV, not a sports car). Our drive, however, tells us a story that’s quite different from what the “industry” expects.
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