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03-03-2011, 01:50 PM
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2013 Ford Escape Spy Shots - Click above for high-res image gallery
We may not know whether Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford) will stick with the Escape (http://www.autoblog.com/model/escape) name when the vehicle's successor comes along in 2012 as a 2013 model, but thanks to the quick shutters of our crack team of spy photographers, we now have a vague idea of what the machine will look like. Peek beneath all of that camouflage and you're likely to see a vehicle that borrows nearly all of its proportions from the recently-unveiled Vertrek Concept (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/vertrek%20concept). That boxy aft-end appears to be nothing but floppy camouflage designed to hide the vehicle's arching rear hatch.
The Escape successor is slated to ride on the Blue Oval's global C1 platform - the same bones that make up the Focus (http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus), C-Max (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/c-max) and Transit Connect (http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit connect), among other future products. There's word that Ford will banish the V6 in favor of an Ecoboost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost) 2.0-liter engine at the top of the line. At this point, it's unclear whether that four-pot will be a 1.6-liter or a larger 2.0-liter mill. Lower rung trims will likely still pack a 2.5-liter four-cylinder lump.
Gallery: 2013 Ford Escape Spy Shots (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2013-ford-escape-spy-shots)
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[Source: Chris Doane/Brenda Priddy & Company]Spy Shots: 2013 Ford Escape caught! (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/03/spy-shots-2013-ford-escape-caught/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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2013 Ford Escape Spy Shots - Click above for high-res image gallery
We may not know whether Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford) will stick with the Escape (http://www.autoblog.com/model/escape) name when the vehicle's successor comes along in 2012 as a 2013 model, but thanks to the quick shutters of our crack team of spy photographers, we now have a vague idea of what the machine will look like. Peek beneath all of that camouflage and you're likely to see a vehicle that borrows nearly all of its proportions from the recently-unveiled Vertrek Concept (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/vertrek%20concept). That boxy aft-end appears to be nothing but floppy camouflage designed to hide the vehicle's arching rear hatch.
The Escape successor is slated to ride on the Blue Oval's global C1 platform - the same bones that make up the Focus (http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus), C-Max (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/c-max) and Transit Connect (http://www.autoblog.com/model/transit connect), among other future products. There's word that Ford will banish the V6 in favor of an Ecoboost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost) 2.0-liter engine at the top of the line. At this point, it's unclear whether that four-pot will be a 1.6-liter or a larger 2.0-liter mill. Lower rung trims will likely still pack a 2.5-liter four-cylinder lump.
Gallery: 2013 Ford Escape Spy Shots (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2013-ford-escape-spy-shots)
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[Source: Chris Doane/Brenda Priddy & Company]Spy Shots: 2013 Ford Escape caught! (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/03/spy-shots-2013-ford-escape-caught/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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