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The hybrid delivers an EPA estimated of 30 mpg city/31 highway/30 combined. mpg, but over a 110-mile all-freeway run that average bumped-up a bit to 32.2 Technology, style & class Gimmicks or trendy designs would be far from in-step with the Lincoln philosophy that puts technology, style and class over flash and glam.
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