Ford escape 2021 vignale1/30/2024 Rest assured, you can still pair your device with SYNC ® 4 Technology ** while it’s charging and continue to use all the features - like audio streaming and SYNC AppLink. If your new Ford has a wireless * charging pad, you can wirelessly charge your compatible smartphone by placing it face up on the charging pad. Rear: multi-links, coil springs anti-roll barHow can I wirelessly charge a phone in my vehicle? It’s a decidedly crisper device.įront: struts, coil springs, anti-roll bar. Be in no doubt that there’s less squish, squirm and slip in the Ford. When hurrying the CX-5 – and, to a lesser extent, the Escape – the amount of squish needed at the brake pedal tells of the circa-1700kg being hustled. On the positive, the ride is firmly absorbent in the CX-5 and body movement is neatly contained up to tyre-squealing territory. It’s not too difficult to get the Mazda’s Toyo R46s squealing in a tight corner – though it’s quite likely the tyre more than the chassis. You may think this loses relevance in a firmly sporty SUV confined to suburbia or a gentle motorway cruise, and you would be sort-of right.ĭuring the kind of driving the CX-5 is designed to do, it feels satisfyingly athletic, responding swiftly to the nice, tactile wheel and cornering with palpable balance and minimal roll, leaving the family wagon’s roots as a blunt, utilitarian tool a distant memory.īut push the CX-5 beyond brisk and the steering takes on a faint glugginess and the degrees of lean experienced are exaggerated because you sit up high. From talking to other testers, seems the Escape is designed for broader folks, while the CX-5 suits skinnier types. However, I suspect it’s horses for courses. The Ford’s front-row pews look less inviting than the Mazda’s and prove both less comfy and less supportive. The Ford’s sizeable sunroof is one of many design elements that add up to a brighter, roomier-feeling cabin, along with a lower-set dash-top, lower beltline and generally generous glasshouse. There’s decent legroom in the CX-5 and a bit more headroom than the Ford, thanks in part to its non-panoramic roof. This, with a shallower glasshouse than the Ford’s, also makes the cabin feel darker and less spacious. But in the back, a lower seat base than the Ford promotes a slightly less comfy position, though also helps create legroom by pointing knees upwards more than forwards. The Mazda’s front pews look and feel great, with a near-ideal bolstering that holds you in, without feeling unnecessarily sporty. The virtual instruments look classic and futuristic at the same time, with their crisp graphics encircled by silver trims, and the smooth leather wheel with intuitive button layout provides a similar impression.īut the seating is a game of two halves. Just five years ago, a comparison of flagship soft-roaders from our brands here wouldn’t feature half the good stuff today’s iterations do, in part because some of it was yet to be invented, but mostly because the SUV stakes today are damn high.įord Escape and Mazda CX-5’s former selves boasted of no such inclusions as ventilated seats, heated steering wheels, adaptive headlights, head-up display (HUD), radar cruise with stop and go, a 360-degree view monitor, virtual instrument cluster or colour touchscreen display. And now, with 2020 confined to the rear-view, hopefully never hearing the expressions ‘new normal’ or ‘home schooling’ ever again.Īdd to that list of highs today’s top-spec medium SUV. Erm, spending more ‘quality time’ with the family? A new normal that did away with rush-hour and the need to trouser-up, like… ever. The welcoming of a pricey pup into your pack, minus the literal teething problems. That part of the year when Aussies go AWOL while the days are long and the weather’s warm, and take pause to reflect.įrom the Wheels banana lounge, I’m pondering the things that were awesome about 2020.
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