With six distinct trims, the attractive, reliable, feature-packed 2025 Ford Escape has a version for every driver. Read this overview to pick your favorite trim.
2025 Ford Escape Trim Levels: Smart and Efficient
The Escape Active: Practical, Safe, Efficient Compact SUV
The base Active trim is powered by a fuel-efficient 1.5L Ecoboost engine that has auto start-stop to save gas while you’re idling. There’s an 8-speed automatic transmission, a rotary gear shift dial, various drive modes, and AdvanceTrac stability control for very smooth overall handling.
The standard Ford Co-Pilot360 safety suite of safety tech keeps you well-protected. There’s an 8-inch capacitive touchscreen with Ford’s SYNC 4 infotainment system, plus wireless smartphone integration and standard FordPass Connect with a built-in 4G Wi-Fi hotspot. This spacious compact SUV has 65.4 cubic feet of maximum storage space and a generous 42.4 inches of front legroom. LED signature lighting and reflective headlamps contribute to its appealing aesthetics.
The Escape ST-Line: Attractive, Sporty Styling and Seating
You get a more sleek and sporty-looking Escape with the ST-Line trim, which has larger 18-inch rock metallic-painted wheels, a bold black mesh upper grille, a large single-wing spoiler, and black rock side rails. Inside, there are comfy contour bucket seats with striking red stitching, and the driver’s seat is 8-way powered. Also, you now have an available hybrid configuration or a more powerful gas engine option.
The Escape St-Line Select: Boosted Power and Handling
If you want punchier acceleration and firmer grip on tight turns, consider the St-Line Select, which has standard AWD and a more powerful 2.0L engine, which you can start remotely. There are now heated front seats inside and a power liftgate at the rear, and the side view mirrors are body-colored and heated for better visibility on humid Floridian mornings.
The Escape St-Line Elite: Premium Performance and Tech
The Elite is the pinnacle of the sporty St-Line trims and is packed with upscale features. You get Ford Co-Pilot360 Assist+ as standard, which grants adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go, lane centering, and predictive speed assist, plus evasive steering assist, and more safety features. The Elite also comes with a digital rearview camera and perimeter alarm.
On the dashboard, an impressive 13.2-inch LCD touchscreen neighbors an intuitive 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster. You get Ford’s Connected Navigation for one year in the Elite, plus a wireless charging pad, a universal garage door opener, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, and a 10-way power driver’s seat beside a 6-way power passenger seat.
The Escape Platinum: Sumptuous Style and Upscale Materials
The Platinum trim is the flagship, high-end Escape. It comes with almost all the highlighted features of the St-Line Elite with the addition of a heated steering wheel.
Best of all, the sport contour bucket seats are luxuriously trimmed in soft, breathable, and stain-resistant ActivX with mini-perforation. You can opt for the available quilting design, too, on the ActivZ seating. The Escape’s exterior design also presents an upscale image with chrome upper window and beltline molding, plus a piano black grille with a striking chrome strip.
The Escape Plug-In Hybrid: Versatility and Optimal Efficiency
For a focus on pure efficiency and power, you could choose the Escape Plug-In Hybrid, which has a good deal more muscle with a 2.5L IVCT Atkinson-Cycle I-4 hybrid engine. This gas engine is paired with an electric motor that’s strong enough to drive your Escape around town by itself throughout the day in quiet, all-electric power. Like the top ST-Line Elite and Platinum trims, the Plug-In Hybrid has the full Ford Co-Pilot360 Assist+ bundle of very effective safety features.
Now that you’ve gotten to know the latest Ford Escape, why not take your preferred trim for a spin? Visit Murray Ford of Starke in Starke, FL, today to find your ideal car.
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