For those who miss small cars and hatchbacks, the new Escape may actually fill the bill.
sit just below. With 8.0 inches of ground clearance and a tidy, hatchback-esque roofline, the Escape cleverly fills the no man's land between compact cars and SUVs.
While the Escape visually splits the difference between car and SUV, its driving experience refreshingly lands more on the car side of the spectrum. Unlike many of its segment competitors, the Ford can be rather enjoyable to drive. Its 2.0-liter engine is a bit laggy off the line, but it features a broad torque curve that lives up to the American ideal of"get up and go.
The Ford's ride and steering are generally great, too. The Escape ST Line's ride sits on the firmer end of the spectrum, but the suspension minimizes body roll and dispatches bumps without upsetting the cabin, avoiding a trait found in many vehicles in the segment. The steering is overly boosted and somewhat vague, but the quick, carlike ratio makes up for it, allowing you to easily place the Ford on the road, whether it be on the highway or on a twisting back road.
Like the pre-refresh Escape, the 2023 model's interior is a bit of a mixed bag. The new-for-2023 software suite is a welcome addition. Despite the fact that hard buttons are preferred over digital ones due to the increased risk for distraction with the latter, the Ford mitigates this with intuitively laid-out menus, a responsive screen, and crisp graphics. We also like the faux-carbon-fiber ledge beneath the screen, which allows you to steady your hand as you operate the infotainment system.
offer at our Escape's $43,650 as-tested price. That big, new 13.2-inch screen, for instance, regularly flexed and creaked during normal operation, while some of the grain and glosses on the Ford's leather seats, trim, and plastics aren't as nice to touch or look at as materials in some rivals in this price bracket.Ultimately, for the buyer left high and dry with few car choices and who must now consider an SUV, the new 2023 Escape is worth considering.
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