Ford Escape Sleek for Test Drive
Ford Motor remade its Escape compact SUV so thoroughly that only the name and one engine carry over into the 2013. The 2013 even is made at a different factory, now in Louisville, instead of near Kansas City, Mo. The boxy old Escape was a big seller for Ford, so starting over was a risk. The new version hit showrooms in June and sales that month jumped 28% from a year ago, according to Autodata. But sales tumbled nearly 12% in July. The July slip was at least partly because of recalls. One recall is because the carpet might interfere with the brake pedal. The other one is for potential fire risk in models with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine, the one that most people are expected to choose. Ford banned dealers from selling those models until they were fixed. Ford is telling owners not to drive them and is having dealers pick up the vehicles to fix them continue