My father-in-law's 2012 (?) Ford Escape failed on a long trip a couple of weeks ago and he's looking for a new car.
He's 70+ with a large frame. Looking for something more comfortable than the Escape, but I think he would be best off without getting anything TOO big. Looks like a budget of around $15k and wanting something under 100,000 miles.
Priorities are front-seat space, reliability, low running costs within the budget. I read that the 2018 Edge had coolant intrusion issues, but that seems to have been solved by 2019. 2.0L turbo seems to be the engine in those later Edges. The 2020+ Escape is also in the running, because I believe that generation is significantly bigger than the previous. That would be the 1.5 3-cyl or a 2.0 turbo. Escape Hybrid is probably out of budget (I like hybrids, though).
I'm not ruling out Toyota/Mazda/Honda, but the prices on their newer compacts are pretty high, and the older models within budget end up being on the smaller side.
He's not really a Chevy or Dodge guy, and IMO the Equinox/Terrain and Blazer are less attractive than the Fords. Hyundai/Kia sounds interesting to me, but I think budget-wise we are in the "Kia Boys" theft era.
Also I'm intrigued by Nissan - don't know much about them except they are CVT and the early Rogues were pretty bad.
Not really thinking about anything Euro, am I missing out on some good values?
What do you think? Any experience with the later Edges? Any recommendations?
He's 70+ with a large frame. Looking for something more comfortable than the Escape, but I think he would be best off without getting anything TOO big. Looks like a budget of around $15k and wanting something under 100,000 miles.
Priorities are front-seat space, reliability, low running costs within the budget. I read that the 2018 Edge had coolant intrusion issues, but that seems to have been solved by 2019. 2.0L turbo seems to be the engine in those later Edges. The 2020+ Escape is also in the running, because I believe that generation is significantly bigger than the previous. That would be the 1.5 3-cyl or a 2.0 turbo. Escape Hybrid is probably out of budget (I like hybrids, though).
I'm not ruling out Toyota/Mazda/Honda, but the prices on their newer compacts are pretty high, and the older models within budget end up being on the smaller side.
He's not really a Chevy or Dodge guy, and IMO the Equinox/Terrain and Blazer are less attractive than the Fords. Hyundai/Kia sounds interesting to me, but I think budget-wise we are in the "Kia Boys" theft era.
Also I'm intrigued by Nissan - don't know much about them except they are CVT and the early Rogues were pretty bad.
Not really thinking about anything Euro, am I missing out on some good values?
What do you think? Any experience with the later Edges? Any recommendations?
