Our 2012 Subaru Impreza has been good to us since new almost 11 years ago but at 190k miles, it's got bumps, bruises and foibles so we were ready for a change.
Thank you Chapman Ford of Horsham, PA for not being greedy and giving good deals to those that are willing to order a car. Picked up my Mustang GT in February at 4% below invoice plus a $500 special order rebate. Tuesday I picked up our 2022 Escape plug-in. Base/SE trim with "negative" options - credit for some hot spot supply chain availability content miss. 3% below invoice and a $1000 special order rebate brought the almost $37k list to just over $33k before doc, taxes and dmv. Then what really makes this work, $6800 federal tax credit. This one is covered under the old rules + ok with one new rule required, that it is assembled in US. There are more rules phasing in for Federal credits including source of raw materials for the battery. You get $7500 when you buy a 250 mile range EV and nearly the full thing for this plug-in with 37 miles of range.
I had about a 90 mile trip home. I got about 35 miles electric, reaching Flemington, NJ. As I hit hybrid mode, I had about 5 miles of a road with some lights, then about 50 miles of straight highway. The cluster picture shows the results of the hybrid portion of the drive. Interesting that it claims 12 miles of that run were electric miles. I was keeping it at about 70-72mph to get over 40mpg.
I like the softer styling of this compared to the super faceted sharp edges of competitor Rav4 Prime. The main miss on this car is FWD only but cheaper, better hybrid economy, cheaper to start and it is available to order at a discount. Rav4 does have well into 40s of electric range. The Escape charges overnight with the provided cord into your existing standard 120 volt outlet. 220 charging can be accomplished as well.
Thank you Chapman Ford of Horsham, PA for not being greedy and giving good deals to those that are willing to order a car. Picked up my Mustang GT in February at 4% below invoice plus a $500 special order rebate. Tuesday I picked up our 2022 Escape plug-in. Base/SE trim with "negative" options - credit for some hot spot supply chain availability content miss. 3% below invoice and a $1000 special order rebate brought the almost $37k list to just over $33k before doc, taxes and dmv. Then what really makes this work, $6800 federal tax credit. This one is covered under the old rules + ok with one new rule required, that it is assembled in US. There are more rules phasing in for Federal credits including source of raw materials for the battery. You get $7500 when you buy a 250 mile range EV and nearly the full thing for this plug-in with 37 miles of range.
I had about a 90 mile trip home. I got about 35 miles electric, reaching Flemington, NJ. As I hit hybrid mode, I had about 5 miles of a road with some lights, then about 50 miles of straight highway. The cluster picture shows the results of the hybrid portion of the drive. Interesting that it claims 12 miles of that run were electric miles. I was keeping it at about 70-72mph to get over 40mpg.
I like the softer styling of this compared to the super faceted sharp edges of competitor Rav4 Prime. The main miss on this car is FWD only but cheaper, better hybrid economy, cheaper to start and it is available to order at a discount. Rav4 does have well into 40s of electric range. The Escape charges overnight with the provided cord into your existing standard 120 volt outlet. 220 charging can be accomplished as well.
