2010 Ford Escape Adding New Safety Features

Ford is using its Escape SUV as the first example of how it can add a bevy of its latest high-tech safety features to an existing model. Safety options like the teen-monitoring MyKey system and Ford’s automated parking system will be available as options when the 2010 Escape and Escape Hybrid go on sale this summer.

These features were announced on newly launched models like the 2010 Ford Taurus, but Ford is making a concerted effort to add them across the board, even on models that aren’t due for a redesign or even a mild mechanical update.

The Escape will be the first SUV on the market with an automated parking system. Other cars from Lexus and Toyota feature similar systems, but SUVs are prone to having less visibility, so this system could be seen as more advantageous than one on a Toyota Prius.

Ford’s latest Sync system with real-time traffic updates will also be available. For the first time, the Escape will feature an optional rearview camera when equipped with a navigation system.

The Ford Escape is already an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick.  

Comments

I don't think most people will choose to buy the extra features in this tough economical times. But for those who can and from an advertisement standpoint its a win-win.

Hope the Escape's standard features include traction and roll stability control. Also, a stonger roof design would be a real safety feature.

eagle,
All SUVs have to have standard stability control now and you can't be an IIHS top safety pick without it.

eagle2x,

The Escape/Mariner/Tribute trio's had ESC & RSC standard for a few years now.

This'd be helpful for those in urban environments where close-quarters parking is a necessity.

Billy,

actually, ESC was standard for 2008, and only on the non-hybrid versions of the Escape. it was not until the 2009 mini-freshening did the hybrid escape have ESC as well, and for did it in the worst way: they swapped out the Escape hybrid's rear disc brakes for rear drum brakes like in the regular Escapes. why any 2009 car, especially an SUV, would have rear drum brakes is beyond me, especially considering the Escape is just as expensive as cars such as the Rav4 and Vue.

Honestly, Ford needs to spend more time actually redesigning its vehicles instead of putting stupid litte features on them with each marginal refresh. This is why Detroit is FAILING. This "freshening" trend is true for all of Ford's vehicles; the new Fusion, is not new at all. The "new" Focus is based on a platform that is more than a decade old. All of Ford's vehicles are dated, and it shows in their braking, noise levels, fuel economy, and performance.

Ford needs to spend its money on improving its vehicles, not adding features that no one will use more than once or twice to show their neighbor.

How about disc brakes in the rear? Why does it still have drum brakes in the back?

I agree with JM 100%. The refreshing is not fooling anyone.

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