![]() For your outlay there was some extra leather splashed around the cabin but seats were still covered in cloth. ![]() Step up to a front-wheel drive Escape in Trend specification and the price (auto only) increased to $32,990 plus on-road costs. The wheels were steel and came with 55-profile, 235-section tyres but only a temporary spare. Other features included dual-zone air-conditioning, remote starting, sat-nav, heated mirrors and a leather-bound steering wheel. It would interact with Apple or Android devices and displayed choices via a heavily shrouded dash display.īase models came with a reversing camera, park distance warning and Telematics vehicle monitoring, plus sufficient airbags and other safety systems to deliver a maximum five-star ANCAP safety rating and overall score of 36.33 out of 37 – but only on those high-series cars that had autonomous emergency braking fitted standard. These when new cost only $1500 more than the manual and gave Ford an advantage over rival brands that were typically charging $2000-$2500 more for their automatics.Įquipment levels were high for a car selling below $30,000 and headlined by Ford’s highly regarded SYNC 3 multimedia system. Most Ambiente Escape SUVs in the used market are 2WD with the optional six-speed automatic transmission. We say ‘offer’ because despite media reports spruiking the fun to be had behind the wheel of a six-speed, front-wheel drive Escape at base price of just $28,490 plus on-road costs, hardly any were sold. A turbo-diesel 2.0-litre was available to all but the basic Ambiente version.Īmbiente SUVs with the 1.5-litre turbo-petrol were the only ZG Escape models to offer a six-speed manual transmission. ![]() The ZG Escape models came in three trim levels, all with turbo-petrol four-cylinder engines. That said, the ZG Escape was by no means a bad vehicle, just underappreciated by a market where Japanese and Korean brands were dominant and Volkswagen was fighting back. During 2016, the Kuga’s final full year of local sales, 4395 of them had found owners for 3.1 per cent of the popular segment. Hardly surprising that the market was confused and resale values of earlier versions collapsed.Ĭome 2017 and Kuga briefly sold alongside the almost identical Escape, not that anyone apart from Ford’s marketing team seemed to care.ĭuring 2018, the Escape’s first full year in our market under its new name, sales of 4764 units delivered a mere 2.7 per cent share of the mid-size SUV market segment dominated by the Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5 and Nissan X-TRAIL. First there was the Escape, then Kuga, then Escape again.
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