Ford have introduced where I live a new small SUV called the Escape. It resembles a Honda CR-V so closely you have to scrutinise it with an intense scrute to notice the difference, but on closer inspection it looks a bit less opulent than the Honda. Has this, or some variant of it name-wise appeared in the EU? Looking through the Car-by-Car breakdown I thought it might be the Maverick but it seems too small for that.
It is very keenly priced vis a vis the Honda which has been a huge success here particularly with women, but it seems Ford is a bit late with their response.
Thanks in advance. I have a bottle of medicinal tincture at stake.
Incidentally I see the Laser Lynx gets classed as very pretty. Growlette recently got one in silver and is thrilled. Thanks HJ.
Change is inevitable -- progress is optional.
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Don't know if this is going to get you that throat ointment or not. The Ford Escape/Ford Maverick/Mazda Tribute are mechanically identical or at least built on the same platform with some of the engine and other options being the same. Actual length seems to vary slightly, presumably because of different bumper appendages, but they are all essentially the same vehicle. Tributes were being advertised in Coventry recently with a couple of thousand off list for pre-reg models so I guess they don't sell particularly well in the UK.
David
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Not that Im aware of. Ford owns part of Mazda but not Honda as far as Im aware. Don't know if they have a joint venture going either.
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Growler, would much appreciate some info about Growlette's Laser Lynx because I don't have any more than what's in car by car. Re Escape, see car by car on the latest Ford Maverick. With fully independent springing and basically the same engine as an S Type Jag, it's not a bad soft-roader, but I still prefer the honesty of the Nissan X-Trail 2.2DI Sport 6-speed.
HJ
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Escape.........what a name for a car.
Suppose the manual says "keep the engine running whilst parked outside the bank.............."
If it's painted red with blue stobes on top, is it a fire escape?
Suppose Group 4 won't be using them for the prison run?
If you lot find out where I live, I suppose I'll need one.....................................
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Well, thanks all. THe Ford Escape as I could have found out with a little due diligence is indeed a version of the Maverick. Ah well, that puts me down one bottle of finest Philippines Tanduay Rhum (sic). That's a whole 53p in UK money.
I don't know it's that daft a name. At least it has connotations of the sort of thing it's made for. I mean "Aventis" and "Xsara"??? what the hell do they mean?
PS: I have a Ford Lariat! :+)
Change is inevitable -- progress is optional.
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Well, YeeeHaaaa to you, then, and slappa ma thigh............
I could never understand people who wanted to drive around in a red cherry..............whatever happened to the Wartburg Isabella?
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