If a report from The Detroit Bureau is to be believed, we’ll be seeing yet another Ford masquerading as a Lincoln. This time, Ford’s Escape will be getting the Lincoln treatment, and will be renamed MKC.
Our love of the Ford Transit Connect is no secret. We like this plucky cargo van so much we stuffed our friends into the back for a 500-mile road trip to Northern Michigan and back. They’ve just started talking to us again. Still, it was an interesting test of the most passenger-friendly version of Ford’s last small work van.
We recently had our first exposure to the 2012 version of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, via a week-long loan of the utterly lovely C63 AMG Coupe. If you missed that review (wherein we compare the C-Class with all relevant competitors) you should definitely give it a browse. And while driving the C63 is a singular experience that we highly recommend, we can honestly say that we were looking forward to testing the C250 with almost as much anticipation as the AMG car.
You can expect to hear a lot more about the Escape in the months to come, as Ford continues to build awareness for the name through advertisements, product placement, and the like. You may have already seen the NBC program, Escape Routes, wherein teams compete in various challenges to win prizes and a 2013 Ford Escape. If not, don’t worry, Ford has you in its sights, and it thinks its new compact crossover is worthy of your attention. Here’s why.
The configurator for the 2013 Ford Escape just went live, which means we’ve doing a bit of tinkering and seeing just how pricey we can make Ford’s newest vehicle. The answer is a lot, in case you were wondering.
Ford has finally revealed the third-generation of its best-selling Escape. Fuel economy is up, content is up, and good looks are all up for the 2013 model, which will be sold in Europe and Asia as the second-generation Ford Kuga.
We’ll see the redesigned Ford Escape at next month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, but in the meantime, here’s a juicy bit of news on the powertrain front. The new Escape will feature four-cylinder power only, with a pair of EcoBoost mills joining the current 2.5-liter.
Don’t say “Spor-taah-je” like “fromage.” It’s pronounced straight American, “Sport-age.” The folks from Kia say it that way probably because the third-generation compact crossover is about as American as you can get.