Ford Escape Bad Boy 2004: The already extensive ZB Escape 4WD range has been further bolstered with the release of the special edition Escape XLS 2.3L Bad Boy Pack and the introduction of a second four-cylinder model, the Escape XLT 2.3L.
The Bad Boy Pack enhances the Escape's already tough image by offering customers a host of extra features, valued at over $3,000, for no additional cost over the recommended retail price of a standard Escape XLS 2.3L of $31,990*.
Included in the Bad Boy Pack is a range of seriously tough and stylish extras, from the front and rear skid plates, side steps and 16" alloy wheels, to the chrome-look bumper inserts, chrome-look side mirror covers and 'Escape' branded stainless steel scuff plates.
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2001 March:
The Ford Escape on sale for 33,200 + orc XLS,
37,300 + orc XLT ( 3/2001).
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Ford Escape 2001:
loa 4415mm, width 1825mm, height 1775mm,
wheelbase 2620mm, turning radius 5.6m, weight 1570kg,
engine 2976cc V6 petrol 4-valves/cyl dohc, 150 at 6000, 266 at 4700,
transmission 4-speed auto', front wheel drive with auto' 4x4,
suspension MacPherson strut/ multi link,
brakes disc/ drum, tyres 235/65x16, fuel tank 62L,
price XLS 33,200, XLT 37,300, ( 3/2001).
2000:
Ford Australia is to launch the Escape 4WD in March 2001.
The standard power-train in our market
will consist of a 3-litre V6 petrol engine (150) with an automatic gearbox.
As such, the Mazda-derived 4WD is a nose ahead of its new
stable mate, the Ford Land Rover
Freelander
now offering a 2.5 litre V6 (and a turbo diesel).
The Escape comes in two levels of trim -
the base XLS and
the more expensive XLT.
Air conditioning, power windows, driver seat height adjustment,
60/40 split rear seating and a roof rack with
horizontal carry bars are standard.
The XLT gets a 6-CD player, cruise control, power exterior mirrors, and
P235/65R16 tyres on 16x7 wheels
over and above the XLS.
The baby Ford 4WD has been sitting in the wings, it seems, forever and
now enters a crowded market-place full of
cross-over, car-like 4WDs, with monocoque construction,
often with independent suspension and without low-ratio gears -
Honda CR-V,
Hyundai Sante Fe,
Land Rover Freelander,
Subaru Forester,
and
Toyota RAV4.
The Ford Escape gets its first Australian showing at the
2000
Sydney International Motor Show, November.
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