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The Portage Combination is a four-entryway, five traveler average size vehicle made and advertised by Passage crosswise over two eras in fuel and gas/electric crossover variations. Presented for model year 2006, the Combination is produced at Portage's Hermosillo Stamping and Gathering plant alongside its rebadged variation the Lincoln MKZ — and once in the past with its now stopped rebadged variation, the Mercury Milan, all sharing the CD3 stage. 

Generation on the principal Combinations started on August 1, 2005. The Combination swapped the Mondeo for the Latin American markets—with the exception of in Argentina (where the present European Mondeo is accessible) and in the Unified States and Canada (where it superseded the then average size Taurus). The Combination is situated between the reduced Passage Center and full-estimate Portage Taurus. In the Center East, this model is sold nearby the Mondeo. Variants sold there are accessible just with the 2.5-liter motor. Not at all like in the Unified States, Canada and Latin America, no V6 motor is accessible in that locale. The same is valid in South Korea, where just the 2.5-liter motors (counting those for the half and half model) are accessible as of the 2012 model year. 

The second era line-up incorporates a fuel motor alternative, an EcoBoost motor choice, a cutting edge half breed model, and a module cross breed form, the Passage Combination Energi, making the Portage Combination the primary generation vehicle to offer these four choices. Offers of the fuel controlled and cross breed renditions started in the U.S. in October 2012 under the 2013 model. Deals in Europe and Asia, as Portage Mondeo, are relied upon to start in 2015, alongside South Africa, where the Combination name will be utilized. Conveyances of the Combination Energi started in the U.S. in February 2013. The whole 2013 Portage Combination line-up was honored with the 2013 Green Auto of the Year at the 2012 Los Angeles Automobile expo.

Based on the Portage CD3 stage, the Combination was the main generation auto to highlight the "new face of Passage" three-bar grille, which (alongside two coordinating bars beneath the guard/sash framing a five-bar outline) was first seen on a retro V10-controlled back wheel-drive idea auto called the Portage 427, disclosed in 2003 at the North American Worldwide Automobile fair (NAIAS) in Detroit. 

At its dispatch, the Combination was accessible in S, SE, and SEL trims. The base motor was the 160 hp (119 kW) Mazda-planned 2.3 L Duratec 23 I4, matched with either a 5-speed manual or 5-speed programmed transmission. SE and SEL models were accessible with a 221 hp (165 kW) 3.0 L Duratec 30 V6 and a 6-speed programmed The Combination imparts some inside parts to the generally disconnected Mk III Passage Mondeo, for example, part of the console and the seats. Both programmed and manual transmissions are accessible (the last just with the I4 motor). 

Portage's initial promoting effort for the Combination in the Assembled States was entitled "Life in Drive", while in Canada it was "Make a Response". In January 2007, the organization propelled another crusade for the Combination titled "Combination Challenge" (later renamed "Portage Challenge"). The American Portage Combination developed the victor over the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord in view of the properties of styling, taking care of, and "amusing to drive" in no holds barred correlation tests with the Japanese cars performed by endorsers of Auto and Driver and Street and Track magazines in the Washington D.C. what's more, Los Angeles districts. 

In July 2007, Engine Pattern reported that Portage's Extraordinary Vehicle Group tuner bunch wanted to discharge a Combination GT in late 2009 or mid 2010. Its 3.5-liter Eco-Support V-6 would make around 340 pull. No such vehicle ever happened as intended. 

The S was the base model, including the 2.3L Duratec I4 motor, programmed transmission, A/M-F/M stereo with single-plate Disc player and four speakers in addition to a helper sound information jack, sixteen-inch steel wheels with plastic wheel covers, fabric seating surfaces, and keyless section. 

The SE was the progression up model, including seventeen-inch compound wheels, A/M-F/M stereo with single-plate Disc/MP3 player, power front driver's seat, and a security framework. 

The SEL was the highest point of-the-line model, including power double front seats and later offering a standard Portage SYNC framework. 

In Mexico the Combination was offered in two trim levels through 2005-06: SE and SEL, with programmed transmission as it were. For the 2007 model year, the S trim was presented and a manual transmission was recently accessible for the S and SE trim levels. These two trims had standard 16-inch compound wheels, while the SEL trim had 17-inch composite wheels standard. The 2008 model year added Passage's Portage SYNC to the SEL trim. The manual transmission was ended after 2008 in Mexico because of poor deals. The 2009 model year was a short one in Mexico in light of the fact that the 2010 Combination landed in dealerships by late February 2009.