Everything You Need to Know About the 2022 Ford Escape

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Review

The 2022 Escape's gentle-road ability and car-inspired design and handling are positioned to serve the on-road-oriented driver. Dissimilar to the Bronco Sport, the Escape comes with a hybrid in addition to plug-in hybrid powertrains. Additionally, the base turbo three- as well as the upgraded turbo-four motors are also provided too. 

The Escape provides a commodious amount of space for both passengers and cargo. In addition, it also comes standard with advantageous driver-assistance attributes and can be rigged out with many discretionary expenditures and luxury items—provided you can afford one of the more opulent models.

Cost and Which One to Purchase

The most bang for your buck can be found in the mid-range SEL model with FWD (front-wheel drive). The SEL offers plenty of refined nuances that compact-SUV consumers will truly value. These features include leather padding and upholstery, rear parking sensors, memory settings for the driver's seat, a remote-start attribute, heated leather-covered steering wheel, a no-hands power liftgate, and much more. 

The SEL goes for $31,215, which is on the lower end of the scale, and the Titanium Plug-in Hybrid is a lofty $40,030, which of course can be found on the higher end.

Motor, Performance, and Transmission

The 2022 Escape provides a vast scope of powertrains, beginning with a 181-hp supercharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder motor that is had with either front- or AWD (all-wheel drive). Moreover, the turbo three, albeit a little moany and crude, offers sufficient speed and was able to get an AWD Escape SE up to 60 mph in less than 8 seconds. 

Modernizing the 250-hp supercharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder is the alluring decision and was robust enough to hit a 5.7-second result in the matching zero-to-60-mph evaluation. Both gas motors are matched to an eight-speed transmission. 

Real-World MPG and Fuel Economy

The EPA has stated, the supercharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder trim with FWD will provide the best fuel economy calculations among non-hybrid Escape trims. It's ranked for 27 mpg in the city, 33 mpg on the freeway, as well as 30 mpg together; adding AWD lowers those figures to 26 mpg in the city, 31 mpg on the freeway, and 28 mpg together. 

We assessed an AWD trim with the turbo three-cylinder and got a surprising 35 mpg during our 75-mph freeway fuel-economy route. 

Even though the bigger supercharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder with AWD is ranked at 23 mpg in the city, 31 mpg on the freeway, and 26 mpg together, we got a 32-mpg freeway outcome in our assessment. 

If you want the most efficient Escape, then the plug-in hybrid trim is for you.

Interior, Cargo, and Comfort

The cabin within the Escape is beautifully styled and commodious for both front- and back-seat passengers. An incredibly rich and tactile cloth seat padding is standard, while the more opulent trims have either persuasive faux-leather surfaces for the seats or authentic leather in the top-spec Titanium Plug-in Hybrid. 

In the back of the Escape is a generous cargo space that offers room for up to eight carry-on pieces of luggage.

Infotainment and Connectedness

While the base S trim comes with a standard 4.2-inch radio display in addition to AM/FM radio frequencies as the sole entertainment sources, SE models and up have a bigger 8.0-inch touchscreen display with Ford's up-to-the-minute Sync 3 infotainment interface as well as Android Auto and Apple CarPlay compatibility. 

A smartphone app offers remote entry to automobile telematics and remote start on all Escape trims, but the most interconnected and advanced Escape is – by far – the Titanium trim, which comes with a 10-speaker Bang & Olufsen audio system, in-dash wayfinding, as well as a 12.3-inch virtual gauge display.

Safety and Driver-Assistance Attributes

Ford is giving a myriad of driver-assistance attributes, which it refers to as Co-Pilot 360, as standard on each Escape trim. 

·  Standard forward-collision alert with automated emergency braking

·  Standard lane-departure alert with lane-keeping assist

·  Standard blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic warning

Maintenance and Warranty Coverage

The Escape plug-in hybrid and hybrid trims will both be subject to a policy that's unique to those specific trims’ jolted powertrains and offers up to 100,000 miles of protection.

·   Limited warranty covers up to 36,000 miles (or 3 years) 

·   Powertrain warranty covers up to 60,000 miles (or 5 years)

·   Hybrid component warranty covers up to 100,000 miles (or 8 years)