When you’re shopping for your next compact SUV, look no farther than the 2019 Ford Escape from Joe Cotton Ford. It is one of the sportiest choices in the small SUV segment, it also has plenty of cargo space, can tow up to 3,500 lbs and has Enhanced Active Park Assist. But if you have just started shopping and doing your research we hope you will find this head to head comparison page helpful.
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The new 2019 Ford Escape is where performance meets fun! This comfortable, stylish, and eco-conscious SUV is designed to take your daily driving experience to the next level.
- Escape offers features not available on any RAV4 model - including a driver knee airbag, rain-sensing windshield wipers* and Enhanced Active Park Assist.
- Escape offers three engine choices - two of which are EcoBoost engines that deliver more horsepower and torque than the only engine RAV4 offers.
- Enhanced Active Park Assist - on Escape controls the steering of Escape from start to finish; conversely, the RAV4 system requires the driver to watch an in-vehicle screen to
- monitor parking progress while steering at the same time.
Let’s find out right now as we take a look at this 2019 Ford Escape versus 2019 Toyota RAV4 head-to-head model comparison.
2019 Ford Escape and 2019 Toyota RAV4 - Comparison Facts
TECHNOLOGY
Even though the RAV4 is all new for 2019, the Escape still offers key technologies that today's customers expect and some that customers may be surprised by.
Toyota states that RAV4 has an impressive list of high-tech features, including:
- Hands-free power liftgate
- Entune 3.0
- Apple Carplay™
- Smart Key with push-button start
- Dual-zone automatic temperature control
Escape can match all of the RAV4 high-tech features,
PLUS, Escape offers features not available on any RAV4, including:
- Enhanced Active Park Assist*(1)
- SecuriCode invisible keypad*
- Forward Sensing System
- Easy Fuel capless fuel filler
PERFORMANCE
- The 2.0L EcoBoost I-4 engine available on Escape is more powerful than the RAV4's one. Escape also gives customers more engine choices to meet their specific performance needs. Escape offers one ton more maximum towing capacity on more models — the equivalent of two Jet Skis or a snowmobile
Toyota touts the 4-cylinder engine in RAV4 as offering:
- 203 horsepower
- 184 lb.-ft. of torque
- Max. towing capacity of 1500 lbs. on all but RAV4 Adventure model
- Max. towing capacity of 3500 lbs. on Adventure model only
- Escape offers three engine choices — two of which are EcoBoost engines — compared to just one choice with RAV4:
- 1.5L EcoBoost I-4 with 179 horsepower and 177 lb.-ft. of torque
- 2.0L EcoBoost I-4:
- More horsepower — with 245 horsepower(2) or an additional 42 horsepower over RAV4
- More torque — with 275 lb.-ft.(2) or an additional 91 lb.-ft. of torque over RAV4
- 2.5L i-VCT I-4 with 168 horsepower
PLUS, Escape, equipped with the 2.0L EcoBoost engine and Class II Trailer Tow Package, has 3500 lbs. of towing capacity or an additional 2000 lbs. of capacity over RAV4 LE, XLE, XLE Premium and Limited. Only the RAV4 Adventure model has a 3500-lb. max. tow rating.
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| Sunday | Closed |
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