2020 FORD ESCAPE PICTURES FULL
The start-off lag became pronounced, and even at full steam, the engine struggled to pull the SUV up to speed. With the optional all-wheel drive (which added around 170 pounds) and a third adult (rude to ask), a different 1.5-liter Escape I tested felt overtaxed. With front-wheel drive and two adults aboard, our example exhibited a little lag from a stop but had sufficient power afterward, with a welcome, lengthy burst of torque to climb up to cruising speed. Non-hybrid variants lose some 200 pounds versus their outgoing counterparts - a much-needed reduction, as the 2019 Escape was one of the heavier SUVs in its class - and the 1.5-liter Escape, which has 181 horsepower, feels all the better for it.
Introduced a few miles north of the Kentucky Derby’s Churchill Downs racetrack, the Escape has a little less in its saddle for 2020.
Hybrid shoppers: We’ll publish my take on the Escape Hybrid this Thursday. (Per our ethics policy, pays for its own airfare and lodging at such automaker-sponsored events.) The other three variants hit dealers in the fall of 2019. At Ford’s media preview in Louisville, Ky., I evaluated all but the plug-in hybrid, which doesn’t go on sale until the spring of 2020. The redesign offers turbocharged 1.5-liter and 2.0-liter engines, both with new eight-speed automatic transmissions, plus a hybrid and plug-in hybrid.
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