"Escape's athletic beauty aren't any accident," says Martin Smith, Design government director of Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. "We wished to create the impression of an athlete like a runner or swimmer in the new body - right right down to the outlined muscles that convey movement and energy."
The brand new SUV shall be bought as the Ford Escape in North America and can be launched later sporting a Kuga badge in lots of markets across the world.
Perform follows type as the sleeker design allows for cargo quantity that surpasses the outgoing Ford Escape - with 68.1 cubic feet of area behind the primary row and 34.3 cubic ft behind the second row. The new Kuga will likely be slightly longer than the present mannequin, adding baggage space.
Escape's seats, Ford's latest, shed pounds while including buyer convenience. The seat structure has shed nearly 3 pounds while the seats themselves have added more functionality - two-manner power recline and two-manner power lumbar support. These are along with the acquainted six-method adjustability.
A sport seat, with greater bolsters and a definite sew model, also is available.
The front head restraint gives 4-way adjustability for the primary time. Each the top restraints and rear seats have been upgraded to allow for easier folding and are made out of soy-based foam.The nearer prospects get to the all-new Ford Escape, the extra they'll love it, says Peter Bejin, manager of World Craftsmanship.
Improved materials and execution spotlight the inside, together with:
* A mushy-contact instrument panel
* Wrapped, padded and stitched door armrests
* Deep padding on console armrests
* The delicate upper roll on doorways
* Elimination of exposed fasteners in glove field and sun visor pivots
* Obtainable leather-based-trimmed sport seats with piping on bolster area and contrast stitching
"Our designers created a nicely-proportioned car that's gorgeous from 20 feet away," said Bejin. "We want to ship on that design promise on the craftsmanship facet so that when customers stroll up and open the door, sit inside and start interacting with the new Escape, it provokes that same emotion from 2 ft away, 1 inch away or 1 millimeter away."
Highlighting the brand new exterior shade decisions in North America is Ginger Ale, an earthy metallic tone barely greener than ginger ale seems to be in a clear glass.
Ginger Ale leads an expansive palette of new exterior selections that features Ruby Purple, White Platinum Tricoat, Frosted Glass Metallic, Deep Impact Blue and Kodiak Brown, along with Tuxedo Black, Sterling Grey Metallic, Ingot Silver Metallic and Oxford White.
Hanging inside
The muscular, outlined exterior shape is complemented by a dynamic, properly-appointed interior that includes new ranges of expertise and technology.
"The interior design of the all-new Escape is modern and complex," mentioned Ruth Pauli, chief designer, Color and Materials. "It captures the expressive design and enhanced functionality of the vehicle."
The inside design staff especially thought-about the wealth of unique features no competitor can match when creating the all-new Ford Escape, led by obtainable SYNC® with upgraded MyFord Touch® driver connect technology.
Interior setting decisions embrace Charcoal Black on Charcoal Black or Charcoal Black on Medium Mild Stone or Medium Dark Stone.
Superior EcoBoost Engines
For the primary time, the brand new Ford Escape will supply two totally different EcoBoost® engines. This award-profitable Ford engine know-how, which produces excellent driving performance and anticipated fuel financial system better than any competitor, is out there in a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder and for the first time within the U.S., a 1.6-liter four-cylinder.
Each new engine makes use of the core EcoBoost applied sciences of direct gas injection and turbocharging and adds twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT). With these applied sciences, the 2.0-liter EcoBoost is projected to supply extra torque than the bigger V6 engine in Toyota's RAV4, and the 1.6-liter is projected to produce section-leading gasoline economy among compact SUVs and up to 5 mpg higher than the outgoing Escape.
EcoBoost has been a preferred choice among prospects since the EcoBoost V6 was launched in 2009 in the Ford Taurus SHO and Lincoln MKS.
EcoBoost engines are fundamental to the Ford technique of offering technologically advanced, excessive-output, smaller-displacement powertrains that ship distinctive gasoline economic system and uncompromised efficiency for hundreds of thousands of drivers across the world. By 2013, more than ninety p.c of Ford's North American lineup will be available with EcoBoost technology. Ford holds greater than a hundred twenty five patents on its EcoBoost engine technology.
"Giving clients two EcoBoost engine selections completely complements the array of good, excessive-tech features obtainable within the new Ford Escape," said Roger Maynard, Powertrain supervisor. "Both the 2.0-liter and 1.6-liter EcoBoost engines will ship spirited driving performance whereas maximizing fuel economy."
The 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder is projected to deliver 250 lb.-ft. of torque and 237 horsepower. The 1.6-liter EcoBoost 4-cylinder is projected to deliver 177 lb.-ft. of torque and 173 horsepower.
Each new EcoBoost engine is mated to a specifically calibrated six-velocity SelectShift Computerized™ transmission, which is commonplace and allows drivers to manually management gear selection from a switch on the left-hand side of the shifter.
The gearbox incorporates a new torque converter for improved driving really feel, silky smooth shifts and great gasoline economy. Engineers additionally put in revised gear ratios for a balanced driving feel in all situations. The new ratios complement the revised torque converter.
"The 2.0-liter EcoBoost, like all EcoBoost engines, will deliver peak torque throughout a large band," mentioned Maynard. "That means drivers will get quick response after they put down the power - with out sacrificing gasoline economy."
1.6-liter EcoBoost involves North America
Additionally obtainable for the first time in North America is Ford's 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine. Like its 2.zero-liter stable mate, the 1.6-liter EcoBoost is projected to deliver better torque than current Toyota and Honda competitors and expected higher gasoline economic system than both.
"The 1.6-liter EcoBoost will be the gas economic system leader for the brand new Ford Escape and will deliver outstanding fuel financial system with a extremely responsive engine," mentioned Maynard.
Efforts to enhance undesirable noise on the 2.zero-liter EcoBoost have been carried over to the 1.6-liter EcoBoost, which provides an electronically managed bypass valve.
This valve helps mitigate turbocharger tip-in and tip-out noises, resulting in a smoother sound out of the engine when the shopper ideas off the throttle. The valve smoothes out the sound by balancing the air pressure within the intake.
Lighter, extra environment friendly 2.5-liter
The base engine for the all-new Ford Escape is an up to date model of the 2.5-liter four-cylinder, which shares many parts with the 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine to save lots of weight, enhance high quality and improve fuel economy.
Highlighting the improvements is the brand new lower-rigidity global entrance-finish accessory drive belt. With the belt at a lower pressure, friction in the complete system is reduced. Less friction reduces fuel consumption.
That enchancment, mixed with engine control changes and different advancements, contributes up to a 2 mpg enchancment in fuel financial system as well as higher low-finish torque for enhanced efficiency feel.
Also improving gasoline economic system is the Energetic Grille Shutter System, which helps scale back air resistance and is on all fashions with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine and the 2.5-liter 4-cylinder.
The Energetic Grille Shutter System will open grille slats when additional engine cooling air is required, such as low-velocity cease-and-go driving. When cruising on the freeway at regular speeds, the grille slats mechanically shut to enhance aerodynamics and fuel efficiency.
Lively Grille Shutters already are used on the Ford Focus, Ford Taurus and Ford Edge in North America and will probably be added progressively to more vehicles.
Global powertrains
In markets outdoors of North America, the place the newest SUV from Ford will wear a Kuga badge, a variety of additional powertrains, including a new diesel engine, can be offered. More particulars might be provided when the new Kuga launches on the Geneva Motor Show in March 2012.
Recycled plastic bottles, scrap cotton discover contemporary begin
A large suite of environmentally accountable or recycled materials - including plastic bottles and cotton, to call a number of - are found throughout the inside of the all-new Ford Escape.
"The all-new Ford Escape has a powerful environmental responsibility story to tell," said Sue Cischke, group vp, Sustainability, Atmosphere and Security Engineering. "With two all-new EcoBoost engines every delivering fewer CO2 emissions compared with similar typical engines, and the intensive use of recycled or renewable materials, the all-new Ford Escape is more environmentally friendly."
The all-new Ford Escape incorporates even more sustainable materials than its predecessor. Supplies that are recycled, renewable and reduce impact on the surroundings embody:
* Carpeting comprised of both submit-consumer or publish-industrial materials. An instance of a publish-consumer material is plastic that is been recycled, like from beverage bottles. The source for polyester carpeting is about one-third publish-consumer and two-thirds publish-industrial
* About 25 20-ounce plastic bottles total are in the carpeting
* Soy foam within the seats and head restraints
* Powertrain undershields constructed from 100% recycled plastics
* Greater than 10 pounds of scrap cotton recycled from jeans, sweaters, T-shirts and other objects in any other case despatched to a landfill is used in sound-absorption materials
* Local weather control gaskets comprised of recycled tires
* Trade-first use of microcellular (MuCell) know-how within the injection molding means of the instrument panel, decreasing weight by 1 pound and contributing to improved gas economy. This technology injects microscopic cells to cut back weight without sacrificing dimensional integrity
* Tailpipe trims are made from polished stainless steel instead of more frequent and less environmentally pleasant chromium-plated trims
Large use of more environmentally friendly, recycled and recyclable supplies complements the projected greatest-in-class fuel economy of the all-new Ford Escape, additional bolstering the vehicle's environmentally responsible credentials. The all-new Ford Escape meets the USCAR Automobile Recycling Partnership goal that 85 percent of the car is recyclable.
Soy-based foam added to go restraints
The growth of utilizing soy-primarily based foam continues in the all-new Escape. Along with bio-foam content in the seat cushions and backs, new for Escape is head restraint foam that's 5 % soy-based.
The carpet materials is produced from both post-consumer (plastic that is been recycled; for instance, from beverage bottles) or put up-industrial (scraps from corporations that make clothes, for instance) sources. In the new Ford Escape, the source for the polyester carpeting is about one-third submit-shopper and two-thirds submit-industrial.
Ford engineers calculate that about 25 20-ounce plastic bottles shall be used within the manufacturing of the carpet of each new Escape in North America. At present gross sales ranges, that's more than 4 million recycled plastic bottles each year.
"We are assured that the all-new Ford Escape will ship outstanding gasoline economy and make sensible use of supplies that in any other case would up in a landfill," said Cischke. "Savvy clients will admire how we've made Escape both greener and smarter."
Security
The all-new Ford Escape combines the safety features and technologies clients really want, including a excessive-strength steel physique and an even smarter new airbag system that no other automaker offers.
"Security is of prime significance to prospects of small sport utility automobiles, and the new Ford Escape delivers," stated Jason Sprawka, Escape Advertising and marketing manager. "The new Escape has been crashed 5,000 occasions in actual and digital assessments to help enhance safety."
The brand new Ford Escape provides about four instances as a lot advanced excessive-strength metal and extremely-high-power steel because the outgoing vehicle. Practically one-third of the metal in the all-new unibody Escape is composed of advanced excessive-energy and ultra-excessive-power steel, helping higher defend occupants in the event of a crash.
The brand new Escape additionally features an enhanced Personal Security System™ with new security belt technologies and 7 airbags.
The Personal Security System is a community of elements that work collectively to tailor the activation of the front airbags during frontal collisions. The restraint control module (RCM) translates data collected by the entrance crash sensors, entrance outboard safety belt buckle switch, driver-seat monitor position and passenger-seat weight sensor and judges how briskly the vehicle is decelerating, and if the motive force and/or passenger are buckled.
With this info, the RCM activates the security belt pretensioners and determines how the twin-stage entrance airbags will deploy.
New for the subsequent Ford Escape are pretensioners at the entrance outboard anchor factors and crash-locking tongues. These technologies assist pull the belt tight over the hips in a fraction of a second during extra extreme crashes.
The brand new side airbags deploy decrease in the pelvis area along with the chest and incorporate new venting know-how, which Escape brings exclusively to the small SUV segment.
The facet airbag's venting technology takes into consideration the size of the occupant, various the stress so smaller occupants stand up to a lower pressure.
"In a side influence, what's most popular is the next-strain side airbag for a bigger person and a lower stress for a smaller individual," stated Sean Ryan, Restraints supervisor. "That wasn't doable with previous systems. On the brand new Ford Escape, the adaptive vent permits us to optimize the stress in the aspect airbag."
The tunnel vent is lined up with the shoulder space of the occupant. On bigger passengers, the shoulder engages the vent and keeps it from venting so the fuel stays contained in the airbag. On smaller passengers, the effect is just the other: Because the occupant's shoulder is beneath the vent, the fuel vents out of the airbag.
The driver's airbag makes use of a reconfigured curve-shaped tether system that pulls within the decrease section to create a pocket to assist lessen the impact of the airbag on the motive force's chest and ribs in frontal crashes. Deploying at the similar time is a driver's knee airbag - supplied on Ford Escape for the primary time.
The brand new Ford Escape also consists of the acquainted Safety Canopy® System, which combines aspect curtain airbags and a rollover sensor to help present protection for outboard passengers during side impacts.
Inflators for the airbags are positioned near the roof rail between the side pillars, whereas aspect-impact sensors are positioned on either side of the vehicle. The rollover sensor detects a possible rollover and triggers the Safety Canopy System. The airbags stay inflated for up to six seconds to assist scale back injuries from a number of impacts or rollovers.
Know-how
The all-new Ford Escape may be the most useful car ever produced by Ford. Using essentially the most fingers-free expertise ever supplied in a Ford, the brand new Escape helps clients load or unload gear by way of the rear hatch without fumbling for a key, stay linked, parallel park and avoid a collision in a parking lot.
Plus, on the road, the all-new Ford-engineered Clever 4WD System helps ship excellent dealing with and wonderful traction off-road when drivers wish to leave the pavement.
Moreover, exclusive technologies that no competitor can match to automatically sluggish the automobile when cornering too fast (Curve Control) or help speed up by means of a turn (Torque Vectoring Control) are joined together for the first time in an SUV within the new Ford Escape.
"Clients want expertise that makes their lives easier," stated Jason Sprawka, Escape advertising and marketing manager. "The brand new Escape has a wealth of obtainable intuitive expertise in addition to aids which can be completely seamless."
Getting a kick out of recent sensible technology
Leading the clever, phase-first buyer-centered options for the all-new Ford Escape is the obtainable palms-free power liftgate. A slight kicking motion under the center of the rear bumper prompts the system, then unlocks and raises the liftgate.
This allows quick, simple and handy entry to the cargo space without setting down packages or digging out keys to open the rear hatch. The same course of closes the hatch as well.
The palms-free liftgate builds off Ford's Intelligent Entry with push-button start, which permits customers to unlock and begin their autos without ever having to take out the key. When the key fob is in their possession - kept in a pocket, coat, purse or briefcase - a easy pull on the door deal with unlocks the vehicle. As soon as inside, the driver simply holds down the brake pedal and presses the facility button to begin the vehicle.
For the fingers-free energy liftgate, two sensors integrated into the Clever Entry system are situated within the rear bumper. One detects the motive force's shin, and the other detects the kicking motion to allow the palms-free power liftgate.
The mixture of the system detecting the important thing fob and the shin and leg motion is necessary to unlock and open the liftgate, safeguarding towards any unintended opening.
"Animals operating underneath the car, hitting bumps in the street or having leaves swirl beneath the car on the road won't trip the liftgate," stated Michael Becker, methods engineer. "We have designed the system so the liftgate opens whenever you want it to."
Additionally, the liftgate peak can be programmed or adjusted manually to meet particular customer needs. The liftgate opens from about four feet to a most of about 7 toes above the ground.
New model of SYNC with MyFord Touch
The latest version of SYNC® with MyFord Touch® driver connect technology for brand new Escape makes it easier to handle info, control options and alter settings.
"We have listened to our customers and have improved what they love about MyFord Touch," stated Kenneth Williams, methods integration engineer. "On this improve, the screens have a cleaner, clearer display. The words on the screens are larger and simpler to read, the pressable areas on the screen look more like buttons, and now we have made the capabilities clearer for sooner navigation.
"What separates MyFord Contact is that there are multiple ways for patrons to handle and management what they want by voice commands, menus accessed by the steering wheel controls, touch display, buttons or knobs, whatever they prefer."
Now, the important thing nook screens - Telephone, Navigation, Leisure and Climate - are labeled as such in addition to their colour codes. Icons have a brand new look that better specifies the performance or feature.
MyFord Touch contains a normal four-inch display within the instrument cluster on all Ford Escape sequence models. An 8-inch screen in the heart stack is commonplace on SEL and Titanium models. All-new Escape also features the newest model of SYNC, which incorporates:
* Fingers-free, voice-activated calling via a Bluetooth®-connected cell phone
* Hands-free, voice-activated control of a USB-connected digital music player
* 911 Assist™, the automated emergency calling service that's free for the lifetime of the vehicle
* Car Well being Report, the on-demand diagnostic and upkeep data service
Commonplace with MyFord Contact is a SYNC Providers subscription, which expands voice-managed options to include a cloud-based network of services. These embrace turn-by-turn directions, site visitors experiences and enterprise search information with available reside operator help, if needed.
MyFord Contact is accessible with navigation systems and with Sony-branded audio with 10 speakers and a Sony-designed electronic end panel.
New parking know-how package deal
Available for the first time for Ford Escape is a parking know-how package deal that can assist take the anxiousness out of parallel parking and help avoid accidents. Included within the package are:
* Energetic park help
* Blind Spot Information System (BLIS®) with cross-traffic alert
* Rain-sensing wipers
* Front park assist
* Rear park assist
* Rear view digicam
Ford's lively park assist system helps make parallel parking stress-free. With the simple press of a button and enabled by the EPAS (electric energy-assisted steering) system, energetic park help will detect an accessible parallel parking space using 10 sensors and routinely steer the vehicle into the house, without the motive force having to touch the steering wheel. The driver controls the accelerator, gearshift and brakes.
The sensor-based know-how of energetic park assist parks on grades, in tighter spaces, closer to the curb, and is faster and more correct than opponents' digicam-primarily based systems. The brand new Escape can parallel park into a space of less than 18 feet long - the vehicle's length (rather less than 15 toes) plus 3 feet.
BLIS with cross-site visitors alert helps drivers change lanes or again out of a parking space with extra confidence. BLIS alerts when a automobile is detected getting into a blind spot, and cross-site visitors alert warns of visitors detected approaching from the edges, such as backing out of a parking space.
On-road driving expertise dramatically improved
Superior Ford-developed software behind the new Ford Escape's Clever 4WD System pre-emptively reassesses conditions about 20 instances faster than it takes to blink an eye, readjusting the ability split to give the driver the precise blend of handling and traction in any respect times.
Utilizing advanced software program and sensors, the system gathers data from 25 external indicators, together with wheel velocity, accelerator pedal position and steering wheel angle, to deliver excellent driving efficiency in each wet and dry conditions in addition to glorious off-highway traction.
Higher confidence when coming into and driving through turns is enabled by the technologies Torque Vectoring Management and Curve Control, which can be found collectively for the primary time in an SUV within the all-new Ford Escape.
The system always pre-emptively splits the torque produced by the powertrain between the entrance and rear axles. Splitting the torque provides a number of benefits to the driver. First, it transfers the ability, which implies that when a driver corners onerous, the car will higher comply with the intended steering path. For instance, if the automobile is understeering - the tendency to go straight when cornering - the system will mechanically break up more torque to the rear wheels to help counteract that impact and supply more impartial steering.
Second, and new to this all-new SUV, are feedback sensors and software program that calculate, primarily based on the motive force's steering angle, the place the driver wants to go versus where the car is heading, and make the suitable split.
A sort of mini-supercomputer uses all the inputs from an array of sensors and knowledge - such as lateral acceleration, driver demand and steering angle - and processes that data to get the car to show in the path the driver desires it to go. The Ford system builds on the pre-emptive actions by adding and subtracting torque as needed through an electromagnetic clutch.
If, for example, the front of the vehicle is on ice and the rear is on pavement, the all-wheel-drive system can send all the torque the powertrain can produce to the rear, placing energy the place the motive force needs it.
All of those changes, corrections and calculations are made every sixteen milliseconds, which is about 20 instances quicker than the blink of an eye.
Both the brains (the management software program) and the brawn (the rear axle) had been developed in-house by Ford.
Upgraded braking system, new applied sciences add one other stage of confidence
Working in harmony with Ford's new Clever 4WD System is an enhanced version of Torque Vectoring Control, deployed for the first time with an all-wheel-drive vehicle.
Introduced on the brand new global Ford Focus however fully retuned and recalibrated for the brand new Escape, Torque Vectoring Control adds one other stage of confidence for the driver. In a situation when wheel slip is detected - dropping grip on the within wheel, for example - Torque Vectoring Management transfers torque across the axle to the outside wheel.
Torque Vectoring Control is engaged when the driving force is on the accelerator, and makes use of sensors and software to calculate the automobile's yaw motion, or its tendency to maneuver left or right.
More sometimes found on high-performance vehicles, Torque Vectoring Control makes use of the car's brakes to imitate the effect of a restricted-slip differential, always balancing the distribution of engine torque between the entrance wheels throughout cornering, resulting in improved grip and steering and a decreased chance of understeer.
The system operates using the car's stability control module and screens the scenario one hundred instances per second. As the vehicle accelerates by means of a corner, the system detects when the within front wheel is beginning to slip and applies an imperceptible amount of braking to the wheel. This prevents wheel spin and has the effect of transferring engine torque to the surface wheel, which has more grip, thus maintaining traction and steering control.
Not like a traction management system that reduces engine power, Torque Vectoring Control's intervention is extremely subtle and should not even be noticeable to the driver.
Different helpful applied sciences added to the new Ford Escape embrace active park help, hill begin assist and emergency brake help, complementing such core and acquainted Escape applied sciences as Roll Stability Management™ and trailer sway control.
Brakes offer better management when cornering
The brand new braking system additionally helps maintain the driving force in control when cornering. Much like the Curve Management function introduced on the brand new Explorer, the new braking system within the Escape can apply automated four-wheel braking to help the driver when cornering too shortly on a curve, and is all the time active.
The system will assist in reducing pace by reducing the engine torque and four-wheel braking, helping keep away from crashes. Freeway off-ramps and on-ramps are common situations where automobiles could also be going too fast for the curve. The system is fully automated and able to slowing the car extra rapidly than most drivers can react - speeds may be lowered about 10 mph in about one second, permitting the car to keep up its path.
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