Adding the Ford Escape to Your Active Lifestyle

You want a sporty vehicle that will fit your active lifestyle.

You like the look of the 2014 Ford Escape and the 2014 Nissan Rogue. Which should you get?

The Ford Escape was all-new in 2013, so with a Ford Escape, you will benefit from all the enhancements.

When it comes to fuel economy, the Ford Escape gets 21 miles per gallon city and 33 miles per gallon on the highway. The Rogue gets 22 miles per gallon city and 28 on the highway.

In addition to the good gas mileage, you’ll enjoy the new Escape’s styling, taut ride and handling, more useful cargo space, and abundant technology features.

The Nissan Rogue maneuvers and handles well in town and has a spacious and flexible interior with a useful cargo-area organizer, but the seats are flat and uncomfortable. Driving the Nissan Rogue is unexciting with CVT drone and obscured rearward visibility.

In most areas that matter to you and your family, the 2014 Ford Escape leads the Nissan Rogue. When considering comfort, the Rogue offers just a bit more front head and legroom than the Escape, but the Escape has more room for back-seat passengers.

The Escape is about the same width as the Rogue, but the Escape is slightly shorter, making it easier to park.

When it comes to performance, with higher torque, the Escape is the clear choice over the Rogue for towing.

You will fit about the same amount of cargo in the Escape as you will in the Rogue, but the Escape has less seating, making the Nissan the better choice for chauffeuring duties.

However, safety is where the Ford Escape really shines. The 2014 Ford Escape, new from the ground up, garners a Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and four-star overall ratings and five stars for side impact from the Feds.

It comes standard with a ton of safety features. Airbags are dual front, side, and curtain. It has anti-lock brakes and traction and stability control. The MyKey system lets you put speed limits on younger drivers in the family.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awards the Rogue an overall rating of four stars, and five-stars for side-impact, but the IIHS only gives the Rogue a “good” for nearly all its critical tests-with an “acceptable” on the roof-crush test.

Head to www.monacoford.com to check out Monaco Ford in Glasonbury’s new Ford vehicles – as well as our pre-owned Fords and certified pre-owned Fords.

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