It doesn't have a whole lot of power, but I haven't exactly been using it for off-roading. However, I bought it in Hawaii, which is very mountainous and going up hills makes it strain pretty hard, and it takes a while for it to switch gears. Other cars would pass me normally while I was waiting for it to register what I was asking it to do. I also thought it was almost comically small, like a clown car version of an SVU.

My wife and I previously had a two-door vehicle but found out we had a little bun in the oven. We then decided that a two door would not work as we needed to get in and out easily. Here comes the Ford Escape. The interior is bigger than we are used to but not overly large. Living in Hawaii, parking spots tend to be a little smaller. The engine can accelerate very quickly for it being a four cylinder, and it barely seems to make a sound. All of the electronics work well as my wife uses the Bluetooth to call her friends and play music without having to stare at her phone.