The Ford Escape was the second-highest-selling compact SUV in 2016, shifting 46,661 units for the year. That was only a touch behind the Toyota RAV4 at 49,103. As of August, the 2017 Ford Escape has been overtaken in the sales race by the refreshed CR-V. Ford’s most popular SUV is in a close fight for top spot on the charts though, with 31,918 unit

As far as naming a family vehicle goes, Escape is a pretty good moniker. Check it: Edge for urban style, Explorer for the off-roading it'll almost certainly never do, Flex for the way it contorts between minivan and wagon, and Expedition because a couple of fuel-ups could pay for a trip to the Amazon river basin. When you've collapsed beside

The Ford Escape has never earned first place in our comparison tests of compact SUVs, but there’s no doubt it’s the clear favourite amongst consumers. Now in its third model year since a complete redesign, the 2015 Ford Escape remains Canada’s best-selling compact SUV despite a drop in market share and a strong sales surge by the Toyota RAV4 (as

When it comes to pickup and crossover sales, Ford is a perennial chart-topper here in Canada. The F-150 pickup has been the best-selling overall vehicle since, like, forever, and last year the Ford Explorer was the top-selling seven-seat SUV. Similar story for the Escape compact crossover. Here’s a market indicator – for the latter portion of

Jasper, Alberta – “Be Unstoppable.” That was the slogan Ford Canada’s Marketing Plans Manager for SUVs, Greg Watkins, used to open his presentation on the 2017 Ford Escape. It’s a great Rah-Rah battle cry for his Ford colleagues to embrace, but it’s also an apt one for the runaway success of the company’s compact SUV. The 2017 Escape is a pr

The Escape is a small crossover – and a big deal at Ford. It’s the company’s second-best-selling model in North America, after the juggernaut nameplates that make up the F-Series pickup line. And while when the Escape first debuted back in 2000 there were only six crossovers in this segment, today there are 22. In just a couple of years, Ford say

Since its introduction for the 2001 model year the Escape has been a consistent winner for Ford. It’s currently the number-one seller in a hot segment – Canadians bought over 341,000 small crossovers in 2015 and are on track to beat that number in 2016 – and for 2017 Ford has made a number of changes to keep the current third-generation model at th

Anyone who thinks Canada has a car culture hasn’t been paying attention. What we have is a sport-ute and crossover culture, and among them, one of the best sellers is Ford’s Escape. The nameplate’s been around for quite a while, and Ford has regularly freshened it up. It was updated in 2017 with new styling and engine updates, and this year, gets a

Vehicle Type Modern and unique cabin layout, peace of mind in bad weather, and pleasing performance from the turbocharged engines. Crossover History/Description Big on space and flexibility, and abundant in the used crossover market, the latest Ford Escape attracted drivers with automatic four-wheel drive, a commanding driving p

Both the 2017 Kia Sportage and 2017 Ford Escape have been comprehensively updated for this model year, adding new styling, more room and more available features. Can the plucky little Sportage steal a few sales away from the perennial top-10 Canadian sales champ Escape? Of course, with vehicles like this, you don’t want to change to

Day 1 An Escape, the perfect vehicle to get away from it all -- or is it? That is what Ford wants you to believe and the Escape use to be one of the best selling SUVs in Canada and it still is. This year it is trending currently as the third best selling vehicle in it's class just 30 less vehicles sold than Honda's CR-V and close to 900 less tha

Ford revealed a refreshed 2017 Escape last night at a special event before the Los Angeles auto show. While the manufacturer calls this the fourth-generation of its best-selling crossover model, in truth, it's a warming-over of the second gen introduced in 2012. In Canada, Escape is the best-selling crossover, period: Ford sold more than 52,00

Having removed almost all cars from their lineup in North America, there’s pressure on Ford to ensure the new Escape is a hit. With the C-Max PHEV going away, there’s even more incentive to offer fuel-saving alternatives for the small SUV to compete against the likes of the RAV4 Hybrid, Outlander PHEV, and upcoming hybrid CR-V. Now in its fourth

Saying the new 2020 Ford Escape is an important vehicle for the Blue Oval is something of an understatement. Particularly since they’ve stopped making passenger cars for the North American market to focus on trucks, crossovers, and SUVs. Not only is the Escape the second-highest-volume model in their portfolio (behind the F-150), it competes in a h

We've been seeing a significant number of recalls lately related to potential fuel leaks. We're not sure if it's a fluke or there's something else at play, but we have another one for you today. This time, the vehicle in question is the Ford Escape , from model years 2010 through 2012. In this case, the fuel delivery module -- which we assume i