Debuting at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, the 2013 Ford Escape comes with a 168 hp 2.5-litre 4-cylinder as a base engine, with an all-new 173 hp 1.6-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder as well as a 237 hp 2.0-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder available as options.
Ford unveiled the new Escape today, calling it a Smarter Utility Vehicle, a play on the SUV acronym.
Although Ford already manufactures a hybrid Escape, the Detroit-based automaker has decided to offer other, more fuel-efficient Escape options to its customers.
Ford managed to improve the Escape’s coefficient of drag by 10 per cent compared with the previous generation, and claims that the Escape will be the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the compact SUV sector.
The Escape’s design makeover results in a vehicle that looks — and is — lower, wider and longer than the outgoing model. The new Escape is available in four trim levels that adopt Ford’s global small vehicle nomenclature.
Along with the new trim levels come two new engines, plus one engine carried above from the outgoing Escape. The base “S” model is powered by an better version of the 2.5-litre,. four-cylinder engine which carries above from the previous Escape.
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