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No Obligation, Fast & Simple Free New Car Quote. Globalism’s a pip. You can enjoy big economies of scale on the one hand, but you can also get stuck with something that mostly makes sense on the other side of the world. Because China social engineers its citizens’ buying habits with a displacement- based tax system, those aforementioned “economies” have downscaled our Ford Escape’s mainstream engine choice here at home (where nobody appears to give a rip about gas mileage). And sadly for us, at least in this case, there appears to have been no technological replacement for the lost displacement.
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The Escape’s major refresh for 2. Eco. Boost engine shrinking from 1,5. Naturally, there are a bunch of other upgrades, primarily a redesign of the cylinder head for improved cooling and to integrate the exhaust manifold, plus some mass and friction reductions.
There’s a good news/bad news element to the power output. On regular gas it produces one more pony than the 1. The bad news is that torque drops by 7 lb- ft to 1. EPA rollers. Surely a bit of pencil sharpening could get the Escape’s 1.
Fusion’s 1. 81 hp and 1. Read our First Test of the 2. Ford Escape 2. 0 Eco. Boost AWD HERE. Acceleration of our Escape SE AWD qualifies as leisurely at 9.
We never tested a 1. Eco. Boost Escape with all- wheel drive, but our most recent front- wheeler hit those marks in 8.
That car’s 2. 60 pound weight advantage and reduced driveline friction don’t account for the huge time difference, and indeed the new Escape felt a bit winded on some modest hills with no passengers or cargo onboard. The EPA rated the 2. For the 2. 01. 7 1. Comparing Real MPG data between our FWD 1.
AWD 1. 5 shows a drop in fuel economy that’s a bit larger than expected (based on EPA results) on city economy and a bit less than expected on the highway and combined figures: from 2. But numbers are only part of the story, and the low- to midrange torque is stout enough that when just tooling around town, one doesn’t feel the need to crack the throttle wide open very often.
Christian Seabaugh was surprised by the poky numbers, as the seat of his pants suggested the Escape was “a lot of fun to hustle and drive around.” Scott Evans enthused, “I like this little engine. It’s surprisingly torquey down low, good for most driving.” Alisa Priddle praised its hushed ride and around- town acceleration.
On the other hand, Zach Gale felt the engine and transmission did not work as smoothly together is several others in the class (including “his” long- term Honda CR- V), and he also criticized the way the engine hangs on to revs momentarily after backing out of a wide- open- throttle run—an annoying emissions- control trait that many Fords demonstrate. One new- for- ’1. It’s super smooth and lightning quick to relight, making it one of the few such systems none of us ever felt tempted to switch off, but note that shifting the transmission to S effectively switches it off. Speaking of S mode, it’s not as astute at selecting and holding the ideal gear in which to beat a hasty exit from a corner as some competitive transmissions (the Mazda CX- 5’s for example), but at least Ford provides steering- wheel shift paddles, a rarity in this class. Where there’s paddle shifting, there should be sprightly chassis dynamics, right? Well, our tester’s stout 2. R1. 9 Conti. Pro.
Contact tires (part of a $1,2. SE appearance package) hang on for 0. Both are strong numbers in the class. The Escape’s figure- eight performance, on the other hand, is quite middling at 2. This is only partially attributable to the 1.
The way the body leans into a turn before taking a set gives the impression of lower grip and reduces driver confidence. Our bottom- line takeaway from this first test is that the $1,2.
SE appearance package might have been better spent upgrading to the 2. Eco. Boost engine instead (it costs the same). That choice will also cost you 1 EPA combined mpg, but this is America, not China, so who cares? Ford Escape SE AWD BASE PRICE $2.
PRICE AS TESTED $3. VEHICLE LAYOUT Front- engine, AWD, 5- pass, 4- door SUV ENGINE 1. L/1. 79- hp/1. 77- lb- ft turbo DOHC 1.
I- 4 TRANSMISSION 6- speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 3,6. WHEELBASE 1. 05. 9 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 1.
MPH 9. 6 sec QUARTER MILE 1. BRAKING, 6. 0- 0 MPH 1. LATERAL ACCELERATION 0. MT FIGURE EIGHT 2. EPA CITY/HWY/COMB FUEL ECON 2.
ENERGY CONS, CITY/HWY 1. W- hrs/1. 00 miles CO2 EMISSIONS, COMB 0.