Skip to footer

Ford unveils 2017 Escape crossover at Los Angeles Auto Show

Ford will present an updated version of the Escape, its popular compact crossover, at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. The 2017 Ford Escape will be brimming with new tech features, fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines and revamped styling.

|
PRNewsFoto/Ford Motor Company/File
The 2013 Ford Escape. The 2017 Escape will debut this week at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show with a new look and more tech features.

It was at the Los Angeles Auto Show four years ago that Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] introduced the current Escape. At this year’s show, which gets underway tomorrow, Ford will present an updated version of its popular compact crossover brimming with new tech features, fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines and revamped styling.

The lineup remains the same, with the S, SE and Titanium trim levels all carrying over. The base S continues with its 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine while the SE and Titanium benefit from new EcoBoost four-cylinder engines displacing 1.5 and 2.0 liters respectively. These new engines replace the 1.6- and 2.0-liter units currently offered. A six-speed automatic is standard but buyers can choose between front- and all-wheel drive.

No performance specs have been released but expect the 2.5-liter mill to keep the 168-horsepower rating the engine has in the current Escape. The 1.5-liter EcoBoost engine should offer similar performance to the 178-hp 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine it replaces, while the 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine should match the 245-hp the same engine delivers in the larger Ford Edge.

When it comes to tech, the updated Escape is fitted with numerous electronic driver aids, either standard or available. These include adaptive cruise control and forward collision warning with brake support, a lane-keeping system and enhanced active park assist. There’s also Ford’s new Sync Connect, which allows you to remotely access the vehicle via apps on your smartphone. The technology provides vehicle location, as well as key vehicle information such as tire pressures, battery and fuel levels.

The updated Escape is due to go on sale next year, as a 2017 model. Key rivals include the Honda CR-V, Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, Mazda CX-5, Nissan Rogue, Toyota RAV4 Volkswagen Tiguan.

For more on the 2017 Ford Escape, read the in-depth preview over at The Car Connection. And for more L.A. Auto Show coverage, head over to our dedicated hub.

You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.
Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
What is the Monitor difference? Tackling the tough headlines – with humanity. Listening to sources – with respect. Seeing the story that others are missing by reporting what so often gets overlooked: the values that connect us. That’s Monitor reporting – news that changes how you see the world.
editor@csmonitor.com
Subscribe
Mark Sappenfield
Editor

Dear Reader,

About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”:

“Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.”

If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.

But you know what? We change lives. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in.

The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. We’re run by a church, but we’re not only for church members and we’re not about converting people. We’re known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspaper’s founding in 1908.

We have a mission beyond circulation, we want to bridge divides. We’re about kicking down the door of thought everywhere and saying, “You are bigger and more capable than you realize. And we can prove it.”

If you’re looking for bran muffin journalism, you can subscribe to the Monitor for $15. You’ll get the Monitor Weekly magazine, the Monitor Daily email, and unlimited access to CSMonitor.com.

Subscribe to insightful journalism

QR Code to Ford unveils 2017 Escape crossover at Los Angeles Auto Show
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2015/1117/Ford-unveils-2017-Escape-crossover-at-Los-Angeles-Auto-Show
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe