Mercury Milan Hybrid wins Editors' Choice

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	This week in Car Tech Wayne Cunningham CNET.com Milan Hybrid wins Editors' Choice Ford impressed the heck out of us last year with its new cabin technology, bringing a navigation system together with really useful external information sources such as gas prices and traffic, phone and MP3 player connectivity through Sync, and stellar audio with the THX system in Lincolns. As much as we gave high marks for this gear, the performance tech let us down. Ford's engines were adequate, but not exactly pushing any envelopes. The Mercury Milan Hybrid shows Ford's work on the performance side of the equation, which is just being realized this year. The Milan Hybrid, and its identical sibling Fusion Hybrid, uses a gas-electric drive system that works seamlessly, delivering high mileage on the highway, and even higher in the city. And it's a satisfying car to drive, with enough power to safely merge onto the freeway. We awarded the Milan Hybrid an Editors' Choice in the review. Ford will have some other new performance tech to show later this year, in the form of its new twin-turbo Ecoboost engine in the Lincoln MKS and the Taurus SHO, two cars we are looking forward to getting our hands on.  Check out the full review. Mercury Milan Hybrid Most popular products Garmin Nuvi 265WT  Check prices TomTom GO 740 Live  Check prices Garmin Nuvi 880  Check prices TomTom ONE 125 - GPS receiver  Check prices Navigon 7200T  Check prices Latest reviews and features Eclipse AVN726E DVD/GPS receiver The Eclipse AVN726e will cover most users hands-free calling, navigation, audio/visual needs in a single installation, while also being an excellent starting point for system builders. Read more  Check prices Mobileye AWS-4000 Although an interesting and effective technology demonstration for a collision warning system, the AWS-4000, with its bulky cabin components, probably won't find wide-scale adoption by consumers. Read more  Check prices Alpine iXA-W404 The Alpine iXA-W404 shows plenty of promise, but we'll wait to see if the touch-screen interface improves with the next generation. Read more  Check prices Fuel Efficiency Adviser For serious car geeks with an engineering bent, the Fuel Efficiency Adviser will provide a satisfying array of data, but others will be overwhelmed by the complexity. Read more  Check prices Car Tech blog Mercedes concept is the most inflatable car ever Antuan Goodwin Associate Editor, Car Tech In an effort to create the world's safest sedan, Mercedes-Benz has equipped its ESF 2009 S400 Hybrid Concept with more airbags than you can shake a stick at. Read more Blackberry Curve 8900 Red Buy now, only: $199 Apple iPhone 3G Black Now Only: $99 Blog comment of the week Smart Brabus Electric Drive sounds like USS Enterprise Posted by 0wnz Haha, now where do I download the sound files to make it sound like its got a Hemi?  Read more  More fuel sipping sedans 1. 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid 2. 2009 BMW 335d 3. 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 4. 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid 5. 2010 Honda Insight EX   Related Newsletters Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most CNET offers a wide variety of newsletters on everything from tech industry news to the latest games and gear. Browse the entire list now. Manage newsletters More Car Tech resources  Car Tech forums  Green car buying guide  Car Tech videos  Car Tech podcast  All new car reviews  Past car shows
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