[ggadwa]

Curious has anyone besides my wife and me actually done a preorder of the 2020 ESCAPE PHEV? I am wondering just how long it will be before I hear that my ESCAPE is heading to the Assembly Line? We ordered a PHEV Titanium. We still love our 2010 ESCAPE Hybrid. Looking forward to charging our 2020 PHEV from our Home Solar system. The Color we ordered GREEN, of course.

Gary,
Stanley IDAHO
FORD's are my thing
1934 FORD Tudor
1966 FORD F100 Custom Pickup
2010 FORD ESCAPE Hybrid
2012 FORD F350 4x4 6.7L Diesel Supercap Pickup
some time soon
2020 FORD Escape PHEV

 

[dprime]

I would have gotten the PHEV but I needed AWD. Sad PHEV cannot do AWD.

 

[ggadwa]

dprime...I need AWD as well...Taking a gamble here as I've never had a Front only Drive vehicle here in Snowy Central Idaho...more specifically Stanley IDAHO...we'll see if it is a mistake to get FWD.....I just really wanted the PHEV so...

GARY

 

[fbov]

In the FWIW department, we get 1/3 more snow than Stanley, and I never got stuck with RWD and snow tires in 40 years. I then moved to FWD and snows in a C-Max with the same result. This is my first AWD, and I'm starting out without snow tires... cautiously.

Get snow tires and you'll have no issues with FWD. Worst I ever saw from the C-Max was a little torque-steer in slush.

HAve fun,
Frank

 

[dprime]

I am in Toronto. My second last car was FWD and it would get stuck on hills or with alot of snow. My last car was AWD Fusion, was a tank in the snow, but was bad on gas.

 

[ggadwa]

I appreciate the comments on FWD vs AWD. We have had two Explorers 4WD and then downsized to now having had two AWD Escapes. On the Explorers, I always had Winter tread tires and separate wheels for winter...with excellent results. Both of our Escapes have only had all-season tires and have done very well on Mtn. Passes and drifting snow-covered roads with plenty of Icy conditions. I definitely look forward to buying excellent winter tread tires for the 2020 Escape PHEV FWD.....It will be a real learning experience for us and I hope it goes well as we have some pretty intense winter conditions here.

Fordaholic
GARY

 

[Vader101]

I wanted to remind everyone that this thread is not about AWD vs FWD. If anyone wants to discuss this further, they are welcome to create a new thread. We have lots of thread for the 2013-2019 MY’s. But we don’t have any for the 2020+ MY’s.

 

[fbov]

If it's about the upcoming Escape PHEV, then it's also about FWD being one of the tradeoffs one makes to get the plug-in. AWD in the HEV is done very nicely. I never considered the plug-in for other reasons, and I'm glad I got AWD.
Frank