2018 Ford Escape SE // review, walk around, and test drive // 100 rental cars
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Published 2019-03-16
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NOTES:
Year: 2018
Make: Ford
Model: Escape
Trim: SE
Type: 4-door compact SUV that seats 5
MSRP: $25,700
UNDER THE HOOD:
Engine: 1.5L Inline 4-cylinder
Transmission: 6-speed shiftable automatic transmission
Horsepower: 179 hp
Towing Capacity: 2,000 lbs
MPG City: 23 city
MPG Highway: 30 highway
Fuel Tank Capacity: 15.7 gallons
Cost for a full tank: $2.59 gallon x 15.7 gallons = $40.66
ACCELERATION:
0 to 60: Time all over the place. But Car and driver reported a time of 9.2 seconds on a model with more horsepower so....the Escape isn't super fast. I didn't really notice through. Frankly, I found the Escape to be responsive and easy to drive. And I didn't have any complaints with the speed of this vehicle.
HANDLING:
Handling on the other hand, I didn't like. I've driven a lot of SUVs recently and this is the first one I had in a while where I felt like the need to dramatically slow down when I went around a long curving exit ramp on the interstate. Maybe it's just me being overly caution, but I really felt like the back end was going to slip if I didn't slow down...and that's not a great feeling. I just didn't feel comfortable, or confident driving the Escape.
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All Comments (21)
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I recently purchased one of these except in a dark gray color, very happy with it so far. It feels sporty and is a lot of fun to drive
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Good review as always. I just drove one & the ride was confident & sporty. May be you should try another time.
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Thanks for another relaxing comprehensive review of this vehicle. Was wondering how the redesigned version was, I had a 05 Escape.
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Great review again!
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Just bought this vehicle today! Super excited! Love the features and happy to cal it my own 💛🥰
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This is my 2nd Ford Escape and I really like the car. Good handling and very good acceleration. Same model, same engine. I wonder if he was in the all wheel intelligent drive? I guess to each their own.
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These are nice SUV's, I drove a 2014 Titanium 2.0T AWD awhile back and really liked it. The seats were a little flat, but overall, great vehicle.
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I rented a 2019 se last weekend and uploaded a video. I got 25.82 mpg mix driving. I liked the car much better than the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander I rented 2 weeks ago. The cvt suck.
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I realize you forgot to off the emergency brake before you start driving, lol. I had done the same. At 14:50
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It’s missing 2 important things. The 2.0 L turbo Ecoboost engine and then big screen sync3 system.
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Good video there. If you where to go back to your review of the Ford Focus you will find it has the same key as well and many of the Interior Features are shared with both vehicles the good thing is Escape does not have the really bad duel clutch transmission that the focus has!
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I really like the Escape but the 2018 SE one I rented was Super slow in my opinion. It’s nice the SE comes with heated seats. They updated it for 2019 with new taillights and the touchscreen standard for 2019.
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I own a escape se, I honestly like t a lot. It’s extremely comfortable for me and driving it isn’t that hard, the ride is smooth and not too many blindspots. The rear camera is what I have found to help a lot. She transmission is also pretty smooth for me
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Was that last shot the White River in downtown Indianapolis near the Eskenazi Hospital?
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The only thing that I do not like about this level of the escape is that tiny center screen. They just need to make Sync 3 standard on all their trim levels already.
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Can this SUV be used for uber and how many mpg on highway
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Curiosity....are/we're you in Ottawa, IL?! I can spot that bridge anywhere! Grew up there!
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I just bought this car a week ago. I'm not sure yet, if I really like it. I really dislike the tiny backup camera. Its really small. So far, it's not good on gas. I dislike the hatchback. It don't go down automatically. You have to grab a handle to close it. So far, I'm still learning all about it. I will come back in a month, to see if I 100% like it!
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I use that exit every week or so i80 to i55
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Has anyone ever told you that you sound like Steve Carell?
