Ford Motor Co.’s redesigned 2013 Escape crossover, due in early 2012, will lose its V-6 engine and hybrid-powertrain versions. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
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Instead, the next generation Escape will have three engine options, all of them four-cylinders.
Ford will move the Escape Hybrid’s powertrain to the C-Max Hybrid, which it will launch next year.
The redesigned Escape will be based on the Vertrek concept shown at the 2011 Detroit auto show. Ford will show a production version of the 2013 Escape this fall at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
Ford will offer a 2.5-liter four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine as the base engine in the 2013 Escape. Ford also will offer a 1.6- and a 2.0-liter turbocharged direct-injection EcoBoost engine in the Escape.
The 2.0-liter engine is offered in Ford’s Edge and Explorer crossovers.
