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Article: Mercury Mariner Hybrid Captures First 'Green Car of the Year' Honors.
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- January 5, 2006
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* Green Car Journal honors 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid with its first "Green Car of the Year" award * High-profile jury -- including racing legend Mario Andretti, auto icon Carroll Shelby and Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope -- ranked Mercury Mariner Hybrid as the best green vehicle. * Mercury Mariner Hybrid is the second of Ford Motor Company's five announced hybrid vehicles. It was pulled one year ahead of its original production schedule because of increased market demand. * Ford Motor Company will increase its global hybrid production ten-fold to approximately 250,000 units annually by 2010.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Mercury ...