If the Terrain Denali was even half as nicely finished or even
#2016 escape titanium upgrade#
I’m not going to spend any time (ok not much time) bashing the “new for 2016” GMC Terrain Denali that I picked up from GM the very same day I returned the Escape, but despite my top-line 2016 Escape Titanium being filled up with extras likeĤWD that adds $2,200 to the Titanium’s $32,199 base price, plus $550 worth of White Platinum paint, $650 for a gorgeous set of 19-inch Lustre Nickel painted alloys, a $500 Class II towing package, the $2,000 Canadian Touring package that adds voice-activated navigation to the completely updated Sync 3 infotainment system, a great sounding Sony audio upgrade and an open and airy powered panoramic sunroof overhead, plus $350 more for partial-leather V-shaped sport seats (full leather is standard with the Titanium), and $1,750 for the 301A Equipment Group that adds HID headlamps, rain-sensing wipers, autonomous active park assist and front park assist, plus blind spot monitoring with cross-traffic alert, its $41,989 price tag is still $5,301 less expensive than that comparatively naked GMC. The Escape is now in the fourth year of its third generation, hardly new and exciting, yet it’s so good at everything compact SUV buyers want and need that even completely new rivals can look inadequate in comparison, while older ones, like the already noted GM duo, are laughably outclassed in every measurable quantifier. So Ford can cry over its losses if it wants to, but if I were in their shoes I’d still be celebrating being number one in this critically important segment and also achieving the Escape’s second-best Canadian sales ever.Ī little time in a new Escape and you’ll quickly understand why it’s capable of holding onto first place despite this current generation’s age and the onslaught of recently updated and all-new competitors. After this the numbers are significantly smaller, the Mazda CX-5 achieving 22,281 sales, Chevy Equinox with 19,766 deliveries, Hyundai Tucson at 16,362, Subaru Forester with 12,706, GMC Terrain at 10,844, Volkswagen Tiguan at 11,459 (still seeing growth despite all the self-inflicted mayhem VW experienced), Kia Sportage at 6,509, and Mitsubishi Outlander with 6,108 sales. Fourth was the Nissan Rogue at 35,841 units, while the newish Jeep Cherokee found 31,833 buyers for fifth place. That’s still 5,480 sales short of the Escape’s final tally, whereas the Honda CR-V managed third with just 38,961 units down the road. Toyota’s RAV4 gained significantly to take second place with 42,246 units sold, but What’s more, while sales have dropped to 47,726 units during 2015, it’s still the bestselling model in its segment by a long shot. The single reason its sales slid backward was because last year’s numbers were shockingly good, 2014 resulting in 52,198 Escape sales for its best-ever results as well as record sales for any model within the Canadian compact SUV class. It’s not all bad news for the Escape, however, actually far from it. The aging Kia Sportage and mostly new Mitsubishi Outlander experienced similar results, gaining numbers in 2015 while notĪchieving best-ever results, leaving only that Terrain and this Ford Escape as models that lost ground. Sliding sales from some of these models might be easy to explain due to old designs that don’t fully measure up anymore, such as the GMC Terrain, but while it lost ground the identically aged Chevrolet Equinox gained a few hundred sales over its 2014 tally, although didn’t come close to its strongest calendar year. Of the 13 models currently sold in the mainstream volume branded compact CUV category, only five didn’t experience best-ever sales. In fact, we’ve had our best year yet in the compact crossover SUV segment. Many Canadians will remember 2015 as a down year, especially when it comes to the price of oil, our directly related saggingĮconomy and concurrently plummeting dollar, yet the new reality of a devalued currency hasn’t effected automotive sales one iota, at least in certain sectors.
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