Originally Posted by Washington_Post

By Sholnn Freeman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 16, 2007; Page D03

The popularity of the Ford Escape hybrid has taken the automaker by surprise and left its potential customers howling that the gas-electric sport-utility vehicle is not widely available.

Car buyers say they cannot find the vehicles on dealers' lots, in dealer inventory systems online or just about anywhere else they look.
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