The Ford Escape, an aging vehicle that looks much like the model that first debuted in 2000, has quietly become one of the biggest success stories at Ford Motor Co.
The automaker has sold more than 200,000 of the small sport utility vehicles this year, making it the fifth-best-selling vehicle in America and the top SUV. Decent interior room and cargo space make it popular among soccer moms, while its masculine rectangular SUV design has attracted male buyers.
Now Ford plans to upset the apple cart with a complete ground-up redesign of the Escape that improves power and fuel economy but transforms the five-passenger SUV into a sloping crossover with just a hint of a minivan.
Modern uprated ECU chips,
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