The 2025 Ford Escape is a rare compact crossover SUV, delivering both incredible efficiency and top-shelf power. This new Escape’s comfortable cruise and cutting-edge technology only add to its mass appeal!
Key Takeaways
- With so many engine and trim model options, the 2025 Ford Escape caters to a range of driver priorities!
- Every version of this small crossover offers a smooth ride and supportive seating, along with your choice of luxury options.
- Depending on trim model and equipment, the modern Escape earns up to 105 MPGe!
- Slated for retirement, the Escape will eventually be replaced by a similarly sized crossover EV.
Is the 2025 Ford Escape right for me?
As a small crossover, the 2025 Ford Escape appeals to families and commuters who want a daily driver that’s both sporty and efficient, comfortable and capable! Inside, this small crossover SUV offers generous space for up to five passengers, along with a standard lineup rich in modern tech features. Every Escape is smartphone-friendly (with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto) and safe (delivering both a five-star safety rating and high-tech safety aids). Unlike most competitors, the Escape puts as much emphasis on power as it does efficiency. The new Escape offers your choice of four smart engine options, the strongest of which supplies 250 horsepower and the thriftiest of which returns an incredible 105 MPGe!
How comfortable is the 2025 Ford Escape?
Known for its roomy, comfortable seating and smooth ride, this compact crossover is a popular pick among families and commuters! Seats in both rows deliver both cushy padding and contoured support, a combination that can be tough to find in this segment.
The Escape also comes standard with an incredible range of road-trip-friendly features, including dual-zone automatic climate control, an 8-inch digital instrument cluster, and the SYNC 4 infotainment system (with an 8-inch central touchscreen and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity)! The Ford Co-Pilot360 suite of safety aids is also included, helping you avoid catastrophe with features like blind-spot monitoring and lane-keeping assist.
As you move up the list of Escape trim models (Active, ST-Line, ST-Line Select, Platinum, ST-Line Elite, and Plug-In Hybrid), you’ll only enjoy greater style and luxury! The ST-Line models have a uniquely sporty appearance, with a flat-bottom steering wheel and Red interior accent stitching. The ST-Line Select and up create an extra-cozy winter cabin, with heated front seats and a heated steering wheel. The Escape PHEV is also very luxurious, adding to those features with unique vinyl-and-cloth seating and adaptive cruise control. The ST-Line Elite and Platinum trims are both in the running to be the most luxurious Escape, enhancing your cruising experience with power-adjustable front seats, wireless smartphone charging, and Connected Navigation!
What’s the gas mileage on a 2025 Ford Escape?
For a compact crossover SUV, the Escape delivers a unique combination of power and efficiency, earning up to 40 mpg combined (or 105 MPGe if you factor in the Escape PHEV’s electric range). Choose the Escape PHEV trim model, with its exclusive 2.5-liter plug-in hybrid powertrain, to achieve these figures. Depending on your daily drive, this Escape’s 37-mile EV range may be all you need to get where you’re going! After the PHEV depletes its EV range, the powertrain kicks into hybrid mode, using both its gas engine and electric motor to return 40 mpg combined. The Escape PHEV’s electric motor needs to be plugged in and recharged periodically. If it runs out of juice while you’re on the road, it’s no sweat, because the powertrain can run using only its gas engine!
If regularly recharging your powertrain is too much maintenance for you, the Escape also offers a punchy, non-plug-in hybrid powertrain to help you save at the pump. Available as an option for the ST-Line Select trim model and up, this gas-engine-and-electric-motor combo earns 39 mpg combined (42 city/36 highway)! While it might be lower maintenance, keep in mind that the Escape’s classic hybrid powertrain doesn’t offer an all-electric driving range.
The next-most efficient Escape engine comes at no extra cost, because it’s standard equipment! In the Escape, Ford’s 1.5-liter EcoBoost engine earns up to 30 mpg combined (27 city/34 highway), depending on configuration.
The 2025 Ford Escape is available with four engine options, depending on which trim model you select:
- Active, ST-Line: turbo 1.5L three-cylinder engine (180 hp, 199 lb-ft)
- ST-Line Select and up: turbo 2.0L four-cylinder (250 hp, 280 lb-ft)
- PHEV: 2.5L plug-in hybrid powertrain (210 hp)
- Optional for ST-Line and up: 2.5L hybrid powertrain (192 hp)
What will replace the Ford Escape?
Great question! We know that Ford plans to retire the gas-powered Escape (along with the Edge) to create factory space for its upcoming EV models. However, the automaker has yet to officially introduce any of its new electric-powered vehicles. For now, here at Jones Ford we are ready to help you take advantage of this last model year for one of the best SUVs from Ford.