By Stephen on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 04:37 am: Edit

Is the Freelander the same vehicle as the Ford Escape?

By Ron on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 05:12 am: Edit

No

Ron

By gil on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 06:53 am: Edit

..not even close...the only similarity is size...

By Jeff Bieler (Mrbieler) on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 07:03 am: Edit

and the lack of 4wd lo....

By Stephen on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 07:26 am: Edit

just wondering cause it says they're the same truck on the Rover's North website.

By gp (Garrett) on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 08:42 am: Edit

could you point us to the link that states this. must be someone on the BBS. RN themselves would not make this statement i am sure. i thought madza made that thing anyhow. or other way around. the ford has 2 engine options, neither of which are the same as the 175 hp (approx) of the freelander. (one is 130 and the other is 200) the freelander is essentially a ladder frame truck as well. pretty sure the ford is unibody. anyhow we all know they are not the same. nuf rambling for me.

By Stephen on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 09:47 am: Edit

I'm sorry - it was on the 'British Pacific' website - I apologize for that.
Here's the link:
"Freelander and Escape are basically the same vehicle, right down to the wheelbase, except that the Ford has a lot more power... "
"The automotive press really likes Ford's Escape design and packaging, and one suspects Freelander will also do well amongst US road testers."

http://www.britishpacific.com/whats_new.html#ford

By Troy on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 04:32 pm: Edit

Actually, the Freelander is unibody. (though, it does have a bunch of trusses similiar to an actual ladder frame vehicle).
Troy