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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1987.0. "New Escort Estate - comments?" by PEKING::GERRYT () Wed Jan 13 1993 17:38

    Has anyone got or tried out the new Escort Estate with the 1.8 litre
    Deisel engine?
    Any impressions of the drive, luggage capacities/towing capabilities?
    
    If anyone has the petrol version, perhaps they can comment on the
    fitments and luggage capacities etc?
                 
    Thanks.
    
    Tim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1987.1		PLAYER::BROWNL	Free the Intel 80486	`Thu Jan 14 1993 08:39`	9
	I considered the Escort, there's a topic in here all about "big" Estates. It lost out to the Peugeot 405 TD. By a mile I might add. The Escort had many things in its favour, not least of which is the fact that I've had sterling and faultless service from the one I still own and drive. However, the fuel economy and very lively performance of the larger Peugeot 405 won the day. I have no regrets. The Escort Diesel is a dog of an engine. Laurie.
1987.2	A good, cheap estate	BALZAC::DESVIGNES	Diesel frog	`Tue Jan 26 1993 13:54`	27
	Hello, I've had my 1.8D Escort Clipper CLX almost a year now and I'm very happy with it. I must also add that this car was bought as a replacement for an older Escort saloon with the same engine, which ran faultessly for the 3 years I had it. The reason why I chose it can be summarized in one word: PRICE. I don't know about the price of Fords in the UK but over here in France, in addition to being very reasonable to start with, there was no price difference at all between diesel and petrol version. I must say I don't agree with most of the comments in .-1: for a start, you've got to compare what's compareable, i.e. the Escort and the Pug are in two totally difference price brackets; you do get more with the latter, but you also have to fork out substantially more dosh upfront. I also don't think it's "a dog of an engine", on the contrary, it's doing quite well considering its size and economy is very good (6l / 100km, if that means anything to you). Basically, we wanted a car that was roomy (we have 3 young children), cheap to run and reliable, and the escort fits the bill in all those aspects. You just have to bear in mind it's no sportscar: acceleration is poor compared to a petrol or turbo-diesel model, but it'll cruise quite happily at 80-85 mph. /Ben, who's_not_afraid_to_say_he_likes_Fords
1987.3	Clipper ? :-#)	SIOG::KANE	The clot, thickens...	`Tue Jan 26 1993 14:26`	0
1987.4	That's what they call'em	BALZAC::BPS2::DESVIGNES	Alpha ready	`Tue Jan 26 1993 16:18`	4
	"Clipper" is Ford parlance for "estate", at least on the Continent. . . /Ben
1987.5		PLAYER::BROWNL	Free the Ariel Square 4	`Tue Jan 26 1993 16:51`	18
	I called it a "dog of an engine" because it is. I take your comments re: the differences in the cars, but here in the UK, the price difference was not great. I get increasingly close to 6l/100km with every tankfull, AND I have acceleration of around 12 secs 0-60, a top speed of over 110mph, and better acceleration between 50mph and 100mph, in 5th, than most utility petrol cars in 4th. It cruises happily at 3.5Krpm which is 90mph, and was still pulling well when I momentarily passed 100mph on Sunday night. It's still only done 2.2K miles, so I'm not thrashing it by staying up there! I don't want to enter a religious war, and I'd like to point out that I still own and run a 1.6GL 5-dr Escort Estate of 1986 vintage. I like Escorts. I just feel qualified to say that the Pug engine is far, far superior to ANYTHING diesel Ford have put in their cars to date. Laurie.