2013 Ford Escape EcoBoost 1.6L and 2013 Ford Escape EcoBoost 2.0L
Last year, the Ford Escape outsold the Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV4. In its final full year of production, Ford sold more than 250,000 examples of its small crossover, a feat made all the more remarkable—fleet sales and incentives notwithstanding—by the fact that all those Escapes were essentially the same vehicle that Ford introduced for 2001. There were some cosmetic and mechanical updates along the way, but the Escape was getting old. Still, with such strong sales, Ford didn’t particularly need to completely remake the Escape. But it did just that. The 2013 Escape marks a complete departure from the crossover SUV it replaces. It was spawned from the company’s One Ford initiative that aims to offer the same or similar vehicles globally. This ’13 Escape, for example, will be sold as the Kuga in Europe. Sporty and Creased Replaces Anodyne and Blocky Upright, tall, and designed to imply truckishness, the previous Escape didn’t have a single aggressive, sporty line on its body. That is certainly not the case with the new model. It has sporty creases pressed into its sheetmetal, the windshield is splayed back, the roof is lower, and the front fascia looks vaguely threatening. It’s the same story inside. Simple, square, and upright have been replaced by complicated, multifaceted, and enveloping. Cabin materials now look and feel expensive, although we did notice that a few fits were askew in one of the early-build examples we drove. The newness continues under the skin. The previous Escape’s Mazda-based platform is gone, replaced by a beefed-up version of Ford’s Focus architecture. Three four-cylinder engines are available, and each comes connected to a conventional six-speed automatic. There is no longer a manual offered, nor is there a hybrid version. (Ford has opted to hybridize its U.S.-market C-Max instead.) At the bottom rung of the powertrain ladder is a revised 2.5-liter four with 168 hp and 170 lb-ft of torque. This base engine is available only with front-wheel drive and is expected to account for 10 percent of sales. An optional 1.6-liter turbocharged EcoBoost four with 178 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque is the next step up. Coupled with self-closing grille shutters (they open for breathing at low speeds and close to reduce drag at higher speeds), the 1.6-liter engine is estimated by Ford to return 23 mpg city and 33 mpg highway on regular fuel. The most powerful choice is a 2.0-liter turbo four with 240 horses and 270 lb-ft of torque, the same power and 37 more lb-ft than offered by last year’s 3.0-liter V-6. (The 2.0-liter can also be found under the hoods of the Explorer, Edge, and upcoming 2013 Fusion and 2013 Focus ST.) The EPA rates the front-drive 2.5 at 22/31 mpg and the 2.0-liter EcoBoost at 22/30 with front-wheel drive and 21/28 with AWD. Past experience with EcoBoost models tells us that it might be hard to achieve the reported numbers in the turbo Escapes,
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