Where else can you get 30 mpg in the city in a four-wheel-drive SUV for $30,000?
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This stripped-down Ford Escape is so far from the average Escape/Mariner/Tribute you see on the roads, it's almost funny. I'd love to know what the take rate for this manual transmission is. The shifts aren't particularly rewarding, since the throws are pretty
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All it needed was some power. The '09 Escape gets an updated set of engines backed by a new six-speed automatic.
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The Baywatch team goes earth-friendly with a flock of 2009 Ford Escape Hybrids.
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The Escape gets more power and better fuel economy for 2009. It's the 7-10 split of mid-cycle updates.
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Escape gets more power and a facelift and becomes the type of ute you might buy with a four-banger
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A new six-speed automatic for the front-drive Escape, Mariner and Tribute 'utes spearheads a mild powertrain update for '09.
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Ford plans to equip 80 to 90 percent of its new vehicles with electric power steering by 2012. Electric power steering is one way to get better fuel economy from exsting vehicles.
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A series of upgrades to the 2009 Escape and Mercury Mariner have been designed to make it more palatable to buy four-cylinder versions of the SUVs.
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Hybrid vehicles, by design, return the best fuel economy and produce the lowest emissions when they are driven in a city environment. Naturally, this makes them ideal for use as taxi cabs in heavily congested urban areas where vehicles are trapped in never-end
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The Escape gets a face-lift that would make Joan Rivers proud.
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Stars of the Emmy-winning hit TV series "24" emerged from Ford Escape Hybrids and Mercury Mariner...
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Lexus has unveiled what is surely the ultimate hybrid, the LS600h. Perched at the top of the LS range, the hybrid has a long-wheelbase body, individual rear seats, and a 4.3-liter V-8 teamed with two electric motors, a dual-stage CVT, and all-wheel drive. Lexu
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Ford Motor Company is giving other automakers a reason to be green with envy. Ford is teaming up...
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A compact utility with a sporting demeanor, the Escape is a capable urban runner with a penchant for weekend adventures.
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A compact utility with a sporting demeanor, the Escape is a capable urban runner with a penchant for weekend adventures.
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In search of the PC SUV - Hybrid, turbodiesel, gas: Which one will environmentalists hate the least? Two opposing automotive truths have emerged in the past decade. One: The sport/utility craze won't go away. And Two...
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Cue Elmer Bernstein's theme from "The Magnificent Seven." Motor Trend's 2005 Sport/Utility of the Year, the Land Rover LR3, swaggered into town along with six others seeking the title: Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Escape Hybrid, Ford Freestyle, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Infiniti QX56, and Nissan Pathfinder.
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Bill Hammons made history this week when he picked up his new vehicle from Pearson Ford in San Di...
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It's the world's first SUV that real folks who tote kids, toys, and the trappings of modern life can use to squeeze 30 or more miles out of each precious gallon of petroleum.
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Let's face facts: Planet Earth has only so much fossil fuel available, and at some point, we'll exhaust our supply.
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Let's face facts: Planet Earth has only so much fossil fuel available, and at some point, we'll exhaust our supply.
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Gather 'round the campfire: We take to the trail in four compact V-6 SUVs in search of truth, value, and a hot shower
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Gather 'round the campfire: We take to the trail in four compact V-6 SUVs in search of truth, value, and a hot shower
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