![]() The four-cylinder is available with a five-speed manual transmission, although none of those were available during our first drive. The base engine's output grows from 153 horsepower and 152 pound-feet to 171 hp and 171 lbs-ft, with that extra muscle allowing the compact CUV to reach 60 mph 1.7 seconds faster than the 2008 version. The new 2.5-liter four banger benefits from a larger cylinder bore and better breathing thanks to revised manifolds on both sides. That's enough to push output from 200 horsepower up to 240, with torque now up to 223 pound-feet. Additionally, the V6 gets new cylinder heads and camshafts for better breathing and a bump in compression to 10.3:1. Both of the internal combustion engines now benefit from electronically controlled throttle (ETC) and variable timing of the intake camshaft (i-VCT). Last year, the Ford Escape had full-body cosmetic surgery and for 2009 it gets a heart transplant and double hip and knee replacement. %Gallery-23058% Photos Copyright ©2008 Sam Abuelsamid / Weblogs, Inc. We got a chance to play with all of the 2009 Escape variants on a rainy spring morning, so read on after the jump for our impressions. ![]() The driver's working environment also becomes a more pleasant place thanks to structural improvements to the body and Ford's next-generation navigation system with Sirius Travel Link. Both engines receive a substantial boost in power and an all new six-speed gearbox to transmit it to the wheels. The old 2.3-liter four-pot has been superseded by a 2.5-liter unit, while the classic 3.0-liter Duratec V6 gets a major overhaul. For 2009, all the hardware under the skin has been either replaced or significantly refreshed. Fortunately for Ford, that oversight didn't seem to hurt sales, which increased by about ten-percent over their predecessors in a market that's down overall. In fact, only the parts visible to the naked eye were "all new." Aside from the body and interior, the working bits that make the badge-engineered duo go were almost entirely carried over from the 2007 models. 2009 Ford Escape – Click above for high-res image gallery The 2008 redesign of the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner wasn't the clean-sheet redesign Ford would like people to believe.
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