Comments on: 2006 Ford Escape Facelift launched in Japan

By: jsli

jsli — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:17:03 +0000

Actually it IS made in Taiwan and then exported to Japan. It has been heavily advertised here by Ford Taiwan to show their production quality (of being accepted by picky Japanese company).

By: kenfresh

kenfresh — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:24:53 +0000

My bad. it is facelifted.

apologies.

By: kenfresh

kenfresh — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:23:38 +0000

I always believe the Escape is a rather good buy, at least here in Malaysia. But Ford’s got that rather unfavourable reputation here, with exception to the pickups.

Overall design of the new Escape looks more like facelifted versions actually. Hardly radical, hardly innovative. Same old.

And the ads, goodness, nowhere near the creativity level of the VW ( or any other ads for that matter) Zero wow factor.

By: jtshin

jtshin — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:09:28 +0000

yep… is the taiwan advertisement of the new Escape…

By: szw

szw — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:38:48 +0000

da ad is in chinese wor ?

By: aksMs

aksMs — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:07:40 +0000

I’ve never like the Escape. But the the 1st ad is quite amusing thou…. Hehe…

By: raybrig85

raybrig85 — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:43:58 +0000

the front look is ok…the rear end..look outdatedla…not impress me at all…if we parked it bside x-trail…cr-v..the rav4 and freelander…the escape will looks old…

By: yiaomo

yiaomo — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:39:53 +0000

Have you all been to Taiwan before or read car’s magazine from that Island ? It’s basically the same design as the island locally assembled Ford Escape which was introduced and sold 5 years ago to date….nothing special and surprising !

By: i-zonda

i-zonda — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:40:22 +0000

Looking at the current 2nd hand value of Ford Escape, quite a bargin… Yah, wonder currrent model can facelift ‘ourself’ when the part available… Dun u guys think the button arrangement on the dashboard looks similiar to current accord?

By: Tracks

Tracks — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:17:39 +0000

The facelift looks good but its long overdue as the competition looks far better compared to the current model. The headlight, grills and bumpers looks up to date and not. Interior looks okay as well and it has climate control. Lets hope that when it get to our shores, the equipment count still stand high. I wonders whether the light could be installed into the current version.

By: Fairman

Fairman — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:56:56 +0000

Wah..facelift of ford escape, it looks more sporty and younger than current one, they have done much improved on interior….but i still prefer CR-V,

By: szw

szw — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:41:06 +0000

looks almost da same wif da current version .
but da car in da pict looks kindda big , hope dat dey din dissapoint me .
but i still think da size is same as da current version .
but da dash looks quite promising , luv those blue intrument panel .

By: johanbey

johanbey — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:18:33 +0000

Can anyone identify the badge on the front grill panel? V6? Ghia? Btw I think the facelift is much needed for Escape. A friend of mine sold his for an Innova, claimming the 2.0L Duratec performance is dissapointing, terrible milage and shoddy interior quality. Im not sure bout the current 2.3L, but sure remember the pre-launch gimmick in walkway of 1-Utama shopping complex, what a hype! I think the basic problem with Escape is utterly uninspiring design, hardly muscular even for a urban 4WD SUV, you wont exactly swithc lanes when you see an Escape on your rear view mirror.

By: raptorclans

raptorclans — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:47:15 +0000

sweet… they seemed to have updated where it matters… improved dash, meters, the grille looks fine to me, classier looking. the old one did seem a lil cheap from certain angles. the wing mirrors wif the signals look like they came off a merz… and it’s actually quite ok. crystal look lamps look ok too… not too overly done. nice car, if they made it like the KLIMS concept it’d be even sweeter XD

By: stephenstreets

stephenstreets — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:45:55 +0000

LOOKs HOT, Specially the interior, I really like the grill look , makes the old plasticky escape look dated like some 90s thing. 2.3 litres, i think i can handle that on the highway. Now if only i could afford it.