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Test Drive Ford Escape: Cross-Exit

Ford Escape will like those who remained indifferent to complex design and advanced interface of the Ford Kuga, but has not yet accumulated on Explorer, uses the car in the city, but it also likes to get out of kebabs and run from time to time to long-edges. This person certainly has a family, and to games in checkers on a multibone road he has long been cooled, but began to appreciate security.
The new Ford Escape is essentially the next generation from the Russian Maverick market. To draw attention to the model, Ford's marketers arrived enough radically: updated the exterior and interior and released the SUV to graze on the market under the new name. It turned out to be enough to interest consumers, only sales can show.
Ford Escape meets on our roads not too often. In addition, almost half of the Lavrov assumes the American modification of this model. The fact is that the Asian version of Esquip is officially sold in Russia, which is produced at the factory in Taiwan. Cars differ markedly from each other.
American Escape resembles a solid explorer in more compact dimensions, but the Russian is simpler and more compromised. But a relatively affordable from 1,050,000 rubles (including price increases), a more advanced American would cost more. Externally distinguished Esquiyups: Asian traits at the Taiwan's output are guessing once or two, the characteristic optics of A la Kia Spectra, a nomudinal grill of the radiator, modest fog. The look is not caught, details of a minimum. But this is the advantage of Esquepa: no personality and sustainability, a serious car for tanned. However, is it only for the tanned?
Escape dimensions will allow you to feel comfortable in the city: 1845 mm wide, 4480 mm in length, the height is corresponding 1730 mm. Road clearance of 210 mm hints that the car does not save and where there is no roads. SUV? Crossover? Rather, a wagon of high passability, an alternative between Explorer and S-MAX.
To test this hypothesis in fact, it is enough to leave the city, the benefit of the season is increasingly calling in Dali. And the calm and good-natured look of Escape, like the name itself, only heats up the desire to escape from the stone jungle. Complete sets for Esquepa are provided only two, XLT and Limited, both with a 2.3-liter engine capacity of 145 hp and automatic transmission. We got a simpler version for the test.
Easily jump into a low SUV and inspecting in the cabin. The kingdom of pragmatism and asceticism: hard, although good plastic, neat gaps, simple, even thinned steering wheel. Against the background of modern rolls, it looks unusually bare. Ford's hobbies by kinetic design and Nokia phones were explicitly passed by Esqueipa. The devices are as simple as possible: in the center of the speedometer and the tachometer, on the sides of the classic small gear of the level of fuel and temperature. The conflict comes an ancient green backlight board with an indication of automatic transmission modes and bright blue glow scales. But the numbers are read easily, and with a blue glow of the radio and climate control, however harmonize.
At the first moment, the glossy polished insertion of the central console is somewhat surprised, but on the other hand, it benefits the interior trim. True, the traces of the fingers are not going anywhere
At first glance, everything is simple: minimum keys, all the most needed: Control microclimate, radio tape recorder and inter-axis blocking. By virtue of a few keys, many functions are assigned. For example, the control handle of the power supply is also responsible for the inclusion of recycling. And the fan is turned off using the handle of the distribution of flow directions, which you need to get used to, besides, zero mode is in the middle, and not in the extreme position.
Lack of Magnitols An uncomfortable location of the keys to change tracks or radio stations: From the driver's seat, they have to reach them, and there is no xlt on the steering wheel. Why does she have harsh acetam? But here there are places for thousands of smallest things, glasses, glasses, bottles with water all for a traveler. There is nothing to jump in stations, sit yourself, drink coffee, like a true American, and wind kilometers. At the same time, the car does not ignore the excessive smoothness, the suspension is quite rigid.
In long journeys, Escape does not really strain. The steering wheel is not regulated, the seats are flat, both in terms of the back and in terms of the pillow, but it does not interfere with getting acceptable comfort. In this car, there is no need to perfectly customize the driver's seat to merge with the car in the devices. On the contrary, you can sit freely and hold the steering wheel with one hand on 600 km of 600 km without the slightest fatigue. Only here are the rear passengers who do not have the ability to adjust the flat vertical back, will begin to complain about the flooded back.
Serene movement contributes high landing, low window line and non-damp racks, providing good visibility, lacking and good noise insulation. Here the claim is only one to the mirrors too small for crossover. The steering wheel, of course, could have been tough and not so heavy, but it is enough for non-refineous turns. At the speed in them, they still do not want essential rolls, although it is not observed, but without a stabilization system somehow does not pull. Escape cannot be called quite indifferent to the irregularities of the roadway, but also the pit troubles are not delivered.
The four-stage automatic machine is not in a hurry, but switches without jerks. If necessary (the desire is unlikely to arise) you can set gas, but there is no sense of dear acceleration from Escape, so overtaking should be prepared in advance. At the same time, the crossover starts quite gambling, but it is already disappeared further.
 
Let's try to move from the asphalt and evaluate there a full drive system Intelligent 4WD SystemTM.
In normal mode, the Escape turns the front wheels, and the rear wheel drive is connected during the slip automatically by blocking the RBC multi-disc clutch, which can be done and forcibly with the 4x4 Lock key, blocking the intersecting differential electromagnet.
 
The angle of entry decreased from 28.5 to 27 degrees, and the angle of the congress increased from 22 to 30 degrees. The clearance of Esquepa is 201 mm, the sinks are short, which allows you to get along with off-road and climb the slopes, but it should be remembered that the moves of the suspension are small, the diagonal hanging will not pass. Escape is still not a complete undergoing passing, although it will get to climb a picnic into a rather thick debris, with comfort overcome a shallow rut, pit and sand. The main thing is not to get involved. By the way, after the study of off-road, the inner part of the door thresholds is safely contaminated, especially from behind.
With you on the road, Esquepe will allow you to take weighty. In the standard condition, the trunk has an impressive volume of 934 liters, and with a folded back seats, it reaches 1792 liters, while retaining a smooth floor. If desired, it is enough to open only the glass, not the entire door.
Ford Escape will like those who remained indifferent to complex design and advanced interface of the Ford Kuga, but has not yet accumulated on Explorer, uses the car in the city, but it also likes to get out of kebabs and run from time to time to long-edges. This person certainly has a family, and to games in checkers on a multibone road he has long been cooled, but began to appreciate security.
It will arrange the presence of only one available power unit of the very 2,3-liter capacity of 145 hp And one transmission of a calm four-stage automaton will delight the low flow of 92th gasoline. The future Esquipovode will only have to choose between two sets.
The base is called XLT 4x4 and includes a full-size spare wheel on the alloy disk, the electric drive mirrors, the front fog lights, the audio system with four speakers, air conditioning, power windows of all doors, driver and passenger airbags, ABS with EBD.
Equipment Limited 4x4 provides luxury elements: leather upholstery, CD changer on 6 disks with Du on the steering column, climate control, cruise control, rear parking sensor and sunroof and sunscreen curtain
At the same time, despite the repeated increase in prices for the entire model range, Ford managed to maintain a very attractive price for the Escape base will cost 1,050,000 rubles (you can pay 30,000 rubles and get a hatch), and Limited in 1 180,000 rubles. At the same time, you can still find cars released in 2008, which are sold with a discount.
The intracorporate competitor of Cuga is significantly more expensive from 1,317,400 rubles and is focused on the audience with a completely different character. As for the players of the same field, there are only Koreans and the Japanese: Hyundai Santa Fe (from 949,900 rubles, with an automatic - from 1,174,276 rubles), Hyundai Tuscon (from 699,900 rubles, with a machine gun - from 859,900 rubles) , Honda CR-V (from 1,047,250 rubles, with an automatic - from 1,138,700 rubles) and Nissan Xtrail (from 1,166,500 steering wheel, with a machine - from 1,208,500 rubles).
Svetlana Aleeva
 

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SUV at an affordable price
Compact sizes of crossover
Spacious salon
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Lack of selection of power units
Uncomfortable back seat
Asceticism of the basic version
 
  
Price of the tested car - from 1,050,000 rubles
Complete set of tested car
Engine Ford Duratec 2.3 l (145 hp) with automatic transmission
16 Alloy wheels, full-size spare wheel on the alloy disk
Radiator grille - chrome
Outdoor rear-type mirrors adjustment, folding manually, built-in rotation indicators
Front halogen headlights with adjustment of the angle of inclination
Rear lights with LED lamps
Front fog lights and rear fog lights
Two-section tailgate door
Dark Toning Rear Side Glasses and Glass Bag »Door
Radio / CD / MP3, with clock, protective coding system from theft and 4 speakers, radio antenna is located on the roof of the car
Lamps for reading cards for the 1st row of seats, inner illumination plaffers and the 1st, 2nd row of seats and the luggage compartment
The front seats of the bucket type, with low back and height adjustable head restraints
Rear seat with two height adjustable head restraints, with a back, divided in relation to 60/40
High-quality tissue upholstery
Air conditioning
Electrical windows of all doors, control buttons on the driver's door, with the function of lowering the driver's door glass once press
Driver and passenger airbags, side security curtains
ABS with EBD (electronic brake distribution controller)
Immobilizer, perimeter protection system, folding key d / y

Specifications
Body
Body Type Crossover
Number of seats 5.
Trunk volume, l 934/1792
Curb weight, kg 1605
Full weight, kg 1986
Length, mm 4480
Width, mm 1845
Height, mm 1730
Wheel base, mm 2620
Road clearance, mm 201
Engine
Type gasoline with distributed fuel injection
Front location transversely
Location and number of cylinders 4 in a row
Working volume, cm 2261
Cylinder diameter / piston stroke, mm 87.5 x 94.0
Compression ratio 9.7
Number of valves on cylinder 4
Maximum power, hp / rpm 145/6000
Maximum torque, nm / rpm 200/4000
Transmission
Gearbox automatic 4-speed
Full drive, with a multi-disc clutch in the rear wheel drive
Front suspension independent, type McPherson with transverse stability stabilizer
Rear suspension independent, spring, multi-type
Front brakes disk
Rear brakes disk
Tires 215/70 R16
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km / h 160
Overclocking time 0-100 km / h, C ---
Fuel consumption, l / 100 km
urban cycle ---
country cycle ---
mixed cycle 10.5
Fuel tank capacity, l 61
Fuel gasoline AI-92

   
   
 
 

A source: Carclub.ru.