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Ford will be revealing the new 2009 Escape 2009 Mercury Mariner at the Washington Auto Show this week. The event will start Wednesday and will last until Sunday. Ford will be competing with Toyota at the auto show when it comes to showing off new SUV’s.

Ford said overall fuel efficiency for the gasoline versions of the 2009 Escape and Mariner would increase by 1 mpg compared with the 2008 versions, which get between 18 mpg in the city and 26 mpg on the highway depending on the engine configuration.

The new 2008 Mercury Mariner will be showing of a new look with its new upper level VOGA trim. The new trim – which is already getting a thumbs up – will be available in a variety of colors, embroidered leather interior, five spoke wheels – each with the ‘VOGA’ center caps, and many more unique designs.

The VOGA Mercury concept was unveiled at the South Florida International Auto Show last year. It has been designed by Camilo Pardo – the designer of the Ford GT. It has a stainless steel roof, tasteful body kit, 20-inch wheels and a stainless blue metallic paint job.

A redesigned Mercury Mariner crossover SUV was unvieled in Miami on Friday . The new Mariner retains the basic shape and style of the outgoing version but it has been completely re-engineered, according to Ford Motor Co., which makes Mercury vehicles. The redesigned version will go on sale early next year as a 2008 model.

Mercury is Ford’s entry-level luxury brand. Its products, upgraded versions of Ford vehicles, are sold alongside Ford’s luxury-level Lincoln cars and SUVs in Lincoln-Mercury dealerships. The Mariner is closely related to the Ford Escape. Ordinarily, related Ford and Mercury vehicles are revealed together. The Escape redesign will not be publicly revealed until the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.