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26-04-2006, 04:06 PM
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Boss power
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https://www.ford.com.au/landing/newescape/
 Looks like a good improvement on the old model :voldar02:
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26-04-2006, 04:27 PM
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yeah .. i'd have one of them ..
minus the roof racks and put some 22's or something on it .. would look nice :P  :
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26-04-2006, 04:32 PM
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Can't help but think it looks like a Terry.....
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26-04-2006, 04:32 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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2 words MINI TERRITORY
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26-04-2006, 04:43 PM
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Built Ford Tough
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Yeah, we bought an earlier model 2nd hand recently - not bad at all!
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26-04-2006, 04:45 PM
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...fairly odd
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i like the grill on it.
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26-04-2006, 04:51 PM
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Cobblers!
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My Neighbour has the Superseded model. They are a quality car, however they have flawed dynamics, and the column shifter would drive me insane. The new model has lost the column shifter, and for mine looks to be a Craptiva and CR-V Competitor, with Territory styling in mind. If the old model looked this good, I might have looked into one.
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26-04-2006, 04:57 PM
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26-04-2006, 05:06 PM
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hehe...wen you think about it...Holden have actually brought out an Escape/Tribute Competitor in the Captiva...not a Territory Competitor. lol...
Everything about it including forcasted price indicates it would slot in with the Mid-size AWD more so than the Territory...but i spose thats what you get when an Australian company doesnt do the initial R&D  PS..and whats with the GMH naming convention? Do they give all their Daewoo produced Cars crap names or is it just me?? |
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26-04-2006, 05:53 PM
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The 'Stihl' Man
 
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im going against the trend, I think its fugly!
Just seems that its a small AWD trying to be a big one.
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26-04-2006, 05:58 PM
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hate the grill otherwise OK
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26-04-2006, 05:59 PM
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To me it looks like it has the Crown Victoria grill and Explorer lights...
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26-04-2006, 06:11 PM
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I think it looks like a good update visually, but I think I might prefer the headlights of the new US one (Edge). Put that with out grill and it would be fine.
That said, this update still seems alright at this stage. As some are saying, its turning into the mini-Territory, which is all well and good. So where is the mini-Falcon? I reckon it's in development. |
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26-04-2006, 06:25 PM
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yeah i say bring back the cortina, something mid sized with a falcon 6 or better yet v8, that would fly,,,,
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26-04-2006, 08:40 PM
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Is it just me or does anyone else thinks it looks more like a Kluger than a Territory?
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26-04-2006, 08:41 PM
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The 'Stihl' Man
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^^^jeez thats uncanny!
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26-04-2006, 08:52 PM
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yeah not too sure if I"m keen on the newer look. I like my 02 XLT model just fine. Wouldn't mind a Limited leather interior tho!
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26-04-2006, 08:53 PM
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I like them, I just always hated the s/wheel and the column shift!
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26-04-2006, 09:15 PM
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I heard that they were ULP and E85 compatable....
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26-04-2006, 09:30 PM
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26-04-2006, 10:32 PM
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Expect the next generation escape to look something like this - Focus based, Europe sourced.
 
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26-04-2006, 10:54 PM
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The 'Stihl' Man
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^^now thats a good looking car, the first pic is not.
I think ford globally will be going for that look, doing the whole corporate thing. US has fusion (I think), Mondeo/Focus for europe, I would expect Australia to finally get it
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26-04-2006, 10:57 PM
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The column shift isn't that bad really - maybe I think that cos I had a column shift manual ute recently...
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26-04-2006, 11:11 PM
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27-04-2006, 08:02 AM
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1990 called, they want their AWD wagon back
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27-04-2006, 11:36 AM
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Remember that the Euro product has the current Euro front whereas the Escape pic has the new Corporate slatted grill which I think we'll see on all the new platform products - ie Orion What gets me is that we'll have the Subaru/Toyota/Holden/Ford/Suzuki all selling mid-size AWDs that look nearly identical. I just don't think that 2000-3000 cars a month divided by 5 companies making identical product works. |
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27-04-2006, 02:42 PM
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27-04-2006, 04:18 PM
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It just reminds me of the Courier V6 trying to look like an F-Series. The Yanks like chrome when it's not necessary, don't they? I much prefer the older one and hell, column auto ain't that bad, it's column manual that u gotta watch for.
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New Ford Escape.
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