Ford Escape, 2008: The Weekly Driver (Video Review)
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By James Raia
Published on 01/15/2008
Ford debuted a smaller, less expensive alternative to The Explorer, its vastly popular sports utility vehicle, in 2001. In North America, it was called The Escape and in Europe it was called The Maverick.
The new compact SUV was developed in conjunction with Mazda, which in turn is owned in principle by Ford. Thus, the Escape, the Mazda Tribute and Ford's Mercury division SUV, the Mariner, are not surprisingly quite similar.
Videographer Bruce Aldrich and I present another in the continuing series of Weekly Driver video reviews. This week: The Ford Escape, 2008.
Ford debuted a smaller, less expensive alternative to The Explorer, its vastly popular sports utility vehicle, in 2001. In North America, it was called The Escape and in Europe it was called The Maverick.
The new compact SUV was developed in conjunction with Mazda, which in turn is owned in principle by Ford. Thus, the Escape, the Mazda Tribute and Ford's Mercury division SUV, the Mariner, are not surprisingly quite similar.
A hybrid version of the Escape was introduced in 2004 and this year with the 2008 model, the Escape and its SUV siblings have all been redesigned.
Ford debuted a smaller, less expensive alternative to The Explorer, its vastly popular sports utility vehicle, in 2001. In North America, it was called The Escape and in Europe it was called The Maverick.The new compact SUV was developed in conjunction with Mazda, which in turn is owned in principle by Ford. Thus, the Escape, the Mazda Tribute and Ford's Mercury division SUV, the Mariner, are not surprisingly quite similar.
Videographer Bruce Aldrich and I present another in the continuing series of Weekly Driver video reviews. This week: The Ford Escape, 2008.
Ford debuted a smaller, less expensive alternative to The Explorer, its vastly popular sports utility vehicle, in 2001. In North America, it was called The Escape and in Europe it was called The Maverick.
The new compact SUV was developed in conjunction with Mazda, which in turn is owned in principle by Ford. Thus, the Escape, the Mazda Tribute and Ford's Mercury division SUV, the Mariner, are not surprisingly quite similar.
A hybrid version of the Escape was introduced in 2004 and this year with the 2008 model, the Escape and its SUV siblings have all been redesigned.