After sleeping on it we drove off Saturday AM to the Ford dealer where we upgraded to a brand new Escape. This is the first new car we have bought since 1972 (a Volkswagen Beetle). The nice Ford people gave us $5000 trade in as well as honoring the discounted internet price of $24,500 on the new car. We were happy to find a 4X4 Escape with no frills except the big engine (required for the 3500 lb tow rating) and were not ready to start down the road of diagnosis&repair so it turned out to be just the right car at a very good price.... at just the right time.
Marco's new Toter
The "big engine" for towing is a 2.0L 4cyl Turbocharged wonder of modern technology. At 122 cubic inch displacement this little mill pumps out 237HP and has more torque than the 3.0L V6 it replaces. Plus, at 21/28 MPG the EPA fuel mileage rating for our new four wheel drive Escape is higher than our old front wheel drive Escape was.
Lew
Wow! A new car! We have not bought a new vehicle since, lets see... our '81 Toyota Corolla. The current motorhome was "sort of" new. It was three years old but was unused, having sat on a CA dealer's lot until it was repossessed by the finance company. It had only delivery miles on it and the appliances had never been used.
ReplyDeleteI think that Escape will be just what you need. Enough power to tow and great economy for exploring.
Yup. We are happy to have AWD also. Our old Escape didn't and that got us in trouble a couple times while towing. Ford is betting heavily on these little Turbocharged engines and I guess we are betting on Ford....of course, we also bought Ford ESP bumper to bumper $100 deductible for 125,000mi.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to tow Marco with it. With the 6 speed automatic and 275ft# of torque I want to try it on a little mountain near us that the old rig went up at 28mph wide open in second.