08 Ford Escape at L.A. auto show

[FlipTrac_511]

08 Ford Escape revealed at L.A. autoshow. Looks good to me, but then again, so does the Freestyle and Five Hundred. So opinions will vary. Check it out for yourself:

 

[FlipTrac_511]

And another:

 

[Patrick Pierobon]

the redesign works for me. wish we could get a picture of the inside. other then that. looks good. can't wait for those special editions that they usually do. like a pioneer version or adrenaline. lol

 

[Patrick Pierobon]

here is a link to a picture of the escape with not as much crome on the front end. to me, it looks better then all that crome that makes it look like the nissan truck.

 

[FlipTrac_511]

Here's another one Patrick, with an interior shot at the bottom of the article:

 

[Tim Turner]

Ehh it's ok. I liked the older look better though. Didn't they just give the escape a facelift a few years ago?

 

[EddieS'04]

We have an '01 Escape. I like the roundness of the front compared to the flat with all the chrome. I think Ford is gonna loose sales on that one..jmo

 

[Travis Munday]

Uh, no. It'll probably grow on me, but initial impressions are poor. Why is it Ford is obsessed with making interior that have now flow or style in their SUVs and trucks of late?

 

[user 64117]

it looks like a combo of the Jeep Liberty and Saturn. not original at all. they had a good thing from the original body styling...too bad they had to wreck it.

 

[Boodrodon Dykes]

I found this on that site too. A new italian mustang concept. I like it, but im not sure abou the whole roof thing.



http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/AutoshowArticles/articleId=117706





Boodro

 

[Gavin Allan]

That little "cap visor" over the instrument panel makes me want to hurl...



The center console looks cheap cheap cheap.



Is Ford purposely sabotaging the Escape to encourage more Explorer sales?

 

[FlipTrac_511]

And one more link, straight from the horse's mouth:

 

[Gavin Allan]

"The Escape is about the freedom of the road and the trail," said Cisco Codina, group vice president, North America Marketing, Sales and Service. "It's about employing science and technology to make driving safer and greener. And it brings together nearly all of the Way Forward strategies we are following to make the Ford brand even stronger."

"trail"?? Will we be seeing the Escape on the Rubicon Trail? Does Ford really think they have an off-road vehicle here?



What is "Way Forward"? What happened to "Bold Moves", "Quality is Job One", "Better Idea", etc.?

"This is no doubt our quietest Escape ever," said Usha Raghavachari, Escape marketing manager. "From redesigned side mirrors and roof rails that generate less wind resistance, or wind noise, to 50 percent thicker carpet in the interior cabin and the use of all-new acoustic glass, all have helped reduce noise in the cabin."

What is "acoustic glass"?

"Making side impact air bags and stability control standard is the right thing to do for our customers," said Codina. "It brings us closer to our goal of having such features standard on all of our retail products in North America by 2009.

Uh-- it is also the LAW.

The 2008 Escape is believed to be the first U.S. automotive application of seating surfaces made from 100 percent post-industrial materials, supplied by InterfaceFABRIC, Inc.

Hmmmm.

 

[Josh Langel]

it looks GREAT! I love the look ford is putting on their vehicles!

 

[Larry Phillips]

What is "Way Forward"?

That's the name of Ford's grand corporate restructuring program where they're trying to turn the company around and dig themselves out of the deep hole they're in.

 

[R 3]

The 4x4 will have (and has been tested for) off-road capability.

 

[Tom Schindler]

Looks like Ford is doing it again.



Someone needs to die. Die Ford designers...DIE!!!



Looks like I will end up with a 2007 Escape/Mariner afterall. The 2008 Escape is flat out ugly. Chrome...F@#KING ChROME!!!





Tom

 

[Nelson Atwell]

I think Bill Ford must have bought a chromium mine somewhere. Either that, or Ford's target market is pimps and rap artists.

 

[R 3]

Tommy said:

Looks like I will end up with a 2007 Escape/Mariner afterall. The 2008 Escape is flat out ugly. Chrome...F@#KING ChROME!!!





Tom

Drive the 08 Escape bud...you will not look back.



Hey - dang, looks like the DESIGNERS designed in an in-car eating flap on the center console. SWEET.

 

[Tom Schindler]

Drive the 08 Escape bud...you will not look back.

I refuse to ride in a vehicle that looks like S#!t. I don't care about how nice it rides, how good it feels, yaddie, yaddie, yaddie. I don't care!!!



I want something that looks nice. Ford is f@#king up the truck and SUV line. Now is not the time to have blind and retarted vehicle designers working for Ford.





Tom