What do You All Think of the newest Escape Compared to the Previous?

"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
03/09/2014 at 15:43 • Filed to: Ford Escape

Went to the gym this morning and conveniently enough, the two most recent generations of the Escape were parked by each other; so I stared for a sec, took out my potato and took a pic.

What do you all think about the newest compared to its predecessor? Do you like it? Love it or hate it? If any of those answers then what is it about it?

DISCUSSION (23)

Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:44

Better aero, these are all tall cars now.

jkm7680 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:45

Reminds me slightly more of Mall-Cops

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:45

I liked the old monochrome ones
I think just giving it good engines would've been enough of an update

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > jkm7680
03/09/2014 at 15:46

Which one? The previous I'm guessing.

oldirtybootz > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:46

I swear I have a strange fetish for seeing a model alongside it's predecessor by chance.

New Escape wins though, though I always liked that the previous gen felt like a larger version of my Focus.

yamahog > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:47

I like the new one, the updated front fascia and body matches the themes of the rest of the current car lineup very well without looking like a baby Explorer. The last gen looks outdated now in comparison.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
03/09/2014 at 15:47

And lowering it just a tad...

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > yamahog
03/09/2014 at 15:48

I like the new one too, but I consider it a bigger Focus; inside and out.

jkm7680 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:49

The previous one reminded me more of Campus Security, the current reminds me of mall cops. It does seem that every single security car in my area is an Escape though.

thebigbossyboss > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:51

The old escape was a truck. The new one is a car.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > jkm7680
03/09/2014 at 15:53

My school uses the previous ones as campus security haha! I've never seen a newer one as a security car of any kind.

jkm7680 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:57

Haha, same here that's where I got the idea. I've seen a few newer ones driving around, whenever I see a security car anywhere, I make sure to do a flyby.

duurtlang > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 15:59

The older one looks like an SUV intended for mall parking lots, the new one like a Focus wagon with an unhealthy appetite for McDonalds.

jy15btx > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 16:05

I have weird taste in cars buuutttt

Kinja'd!!!

I would rock this.

The new one is good looking but I just like the older ones.

M54B30 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 16:29

"What do you think of the newest Escape compared to the previous?"

It has to be better. I don't think it can be worse.

They sound appealing with their low entry price but it's when you look deeper that you realize a decent one will cost a bit of change.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 16:36

I like the baby Explorer body style a little better. No idea why, something just looks off about the new one to me.

KirkyV > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 16:41

I'm not a fan, for the same reason I wasn't a fan of the last one: it's an ugly, inefficient - and I'm not talking about fuel - utterly unnecessary and all around awful waste of road. But, hey, that's just me. I'm sure it's just fine, if you don't have a somewhat irrational - though at least partially grounded in a genuine complaint - hatred of the class of vehicles to which it belongs.

(I don't like SUVs that don't spend most of their time off road, and am glad to live in a place where they're fairly uncommon. Where I live, their size - this is key to why I dislike them - can cause all sorts of traffic problems, as they can easily block two-way roads with their bulk.)

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
03/09/2014 at 16:45

I'm with you on that, I like the old style better, and it looked like it had some "utility" compared to the new one, which is just a tall Focus.

GeorgeyBoy > thebigbossyboss
03/09/2014 at 17:12

I would never consider any of them a truck..

GeorgeyBoy > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 17:14

Kinja'd!!!

The only thing that really bugs me on the new ones is that "Autozone like" fender vent.

Honestly if I was in the market for something like the Escape I would totally not consider it because of that fender vent. That's how much it bothers me.

Klaus Schmoll > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 18:09

All I know is that $kaycog has the new one with the ecoboost and that she loves it. She traded it in for a V8 Explorer. So it must be a good car/CUV/vehicle/whatever.

Carwood > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/09/2014 at 19:09

My brother was on the fence between the outgoing and incoming model. He ended up with the older one and its pretty spacious but for some reason the driving position is troublesome to me. The new ones design is quite nice especially with those wheels and from what Ive been told you actually see the value in the limited trim now. His limited seems quite basic.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
03/10/2014 at 09:51

My wife has the new one and it's fantastic!(for a crossover) short of the CX-5 I can't any other cross over being better. It has a very european feel to it. I love driving it even with the 1.6L Ecoboost it is still plenty peppy. I bought myself a 2013 Fusion and I sort of regret not getting an escape instead it is so practical and the perfect size for us.