A highway rating of 30 mpg is easy to surpass with this engine and the 23 mpg city rating is equally tame: I managed to get 30 mpg in some mixed everyday driving, which is pretty good for something that doesn't have a lithium-ion battery stashed somewhere. For those looking for more boost in their EcoBoost, the Escape is also offered with a 2.0-liter EcoBoost good for 245 hp and 275 lb-ft of torque. On the highway the Escape mutes out wind and road noise well - it's still mid-pack in this category - and the 1.5-liter does not need to strain itself with high revs to get up to highway speeds.
This is actually a welcome quality - the ergonomics are great, and so is the visibility with the slightly cab-forward A-pillars. If you've been inside a Focus during the past decade you'll find the cabin familiar to the point of thinking that Ford just upsized everything by 50 percent. The interior is still made up of Ford parts bin items with generous helpings of black plastic.
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport review: Nice moves, but it gets expensive.The quick handling more than makes up for this lapse, and it does not really detract from the overall impressions of this crossover. This places it about mid-pack when it comes to the competition - there aren't that many crossovers in this price category that can do an impression of a BMW X5 - but the Escape is not particularly out-of-touch. The body itself responds well but the tires have a tendency to dribble over rough spots. When it comes to handling the only area where I would take off some points is the ride quality over broken pavement. This crossover is surprisingly nimble, the four-pot offering good-enough acceleration at a moment's notice, and the chassis is well balanced. The steering is perhaps the best aspect of the Escape's handling it's light when it needs to be and remarkably responsive, making it easy to fly around some back roads. This doesn't sound like a lot on paper, in an age when any self-respecting hot hatch has to break the 250 hp mark, but the tiny 1.5-liter does good work with a six-speed automatic. The Ford Escape is a known quantity by now - the current model debuted all the way back in 2012 - but this crossover is still worth a look despite the bumper crop of newer metal in this price and size category.įord's Escape is powered by a turbocharged 1.5-liter EcoBoost inline-four pumping out a respectable 179 hp and 177 lb-ft of torque.
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