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Ford Escape PHEV and Hyundai Tucson are solid, but lower end, PHEVs than the Prius Prime. They are compact SUVs however and are arguably more of a RAV4 competi

Ford Escape PHEV and Hyundai Tucson are solid, but lower end, PHEVs than the Prius Prime. They are compact SUVs however and are arguably more of a RAV4 competitor but come in at under Prius Prime prices. ------- The Lincoln Corsair PHEV is the luxury version of the Ford Escape, but is well cheaper than the Lexus equivalent. I've been told that Ford/Lincoln is using licensed Toyota drivetrain technology too. I'll have to double check that claim but the Ford Escape/Lincoln Corsair drivetrain is RAV4-like for sure, albeit lower powered / inferior. But I'm hoping it's still got similar reliability. But it's very hard to compete vs the Prius / Prime / RAV4 hybrid. But the Ford models have the tax credit AND lower MSRP. ------ I'm personally still strongly considering the Prius. But the other vehicles could feasibly come in at the right price point and turn me away from Toyota.

jfim 3y ago
> I've been told that Ford/Lincoln is using licensed Toyota drivetrain technology too. I heard that too but couldn't find a recent source that they still did when I researched that a little more than a year ago. From what I remember, they're using something simpler now; one axle is gas and one is electric and it'll just switch between the two automatically. I have the Corsair and it's great. If you're careful about putting it in EV mode every time you start the car (it defaults to hybrid) and charge at home, it doesn't use any gas for daily stuff that's within range. Edit: This may be different for the Escape. The PHEV Escape seems to be front wheel drive while the Corsair is all wheel drive.