Main Menu Search driving. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. MSRP more information. Where presented on its own, the price is for a base model without options and before taxes, rebates, or fees. Where presented as a range, it represents the prices of multiple trim lines available for the model without options and before taxes, rebates, or fees.
Actual prices may vary. The Escape compact crossover was completely redesigned for ; models carryover. Every model in the lineup, whether powered by one of two EcoBoost engines or the hybrid powertrains, targets increased fuel efficiency. Gas-powered models are available with either front-wheel or all-wheel drivetrains, hybrid models are FWD only.
The exhaust cannot be fed back into the engine, but it is used to spin a turbine that compresses air and feeds it into the engine quickly. By doing so the engine gets a higher airflow rate and creates a burst of extra energy.
Gas engines mix air with fuel. This mix is often done before it reaches the combustion chamber located above the piston. While proven and widely used, this method can also waste fuel. Instead, the EcoBoost engine mixes air and fuel in the combustion chamber by spraying the fuel directly into the chamber. Inside the engine, there is a series of valves that allow different processes to happen. When timed properly, these valves can maximize the power output in different ways.
The EcoBoost engine takes advantage of this by analyzing what the Escape is doing and how much power it needs. In real life, it feels even more competent. At anything short of full throttle, the engine never gets much past 3, rpm, its abundant low-end torque letting the little bugger sail beneath all the thrashiness inherent to three-cylinder engines. Indeed, torque is so abundant that Ford, in normal stop-and-go driving, has the eight-speed automatic upshifting as low as 2, rpm and often riding along at 1, rpm in fourth or fifth gear — that kind of torquiness was once reserved for big V8s, not lowly 1.
Oh, the 2. The bad news in all this big-engine-performance is that the little turbo-three sucks back gas like, well, a bigger engine. Unfortunately, that appears to occur in all facets of their performance. The Escape, however, is a lot lighter on its feet. Score one for Ford, then. I can speak from experience because the Escape easily swallowed a huge six-foot boxing bag with the rear seats in flat-floor mode.
The load floor is also admirably low, a trait I much appreciated since the aforementioned punching bag weighed something close to kilograms. It looks and feels much better for it — if you opt for the SE trim, at least. But be forewarned: While they are closely related, these two engines perform quite a bit differently from one another. And though both models we tested came to us in Titanium grade, we found ourselves leaning toward certain add-ons, and recommend foregoing others to cut down on cost.
With additional packages giving drivers things like inch black alloys, mirrors, and roof rails, standard features sport LED lighting that add extra appeal to the slick CUV. Although both Escapes came to us as top-tier models, the results you get from going half a liter in one direction or the other is astounding. While both EcoBoost engines remained mated to six-speed automatic gearboxes, the horsepower 2.
When it comes to optioning out a cabin, Ford does a solid job.
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