02/12/2008 15:24. I escaped for a week recently.

I would have gotten away clean except I had to bring my ride back.

It was a Ford Escape; arguably a favourite among buyers of SUVs of its size and after six days with it, I can see why.

Oh, it’s not exciting to behold and it’s not a road rocket. The design has seen only evolutionary changes in the past few years and it’s showing its age, although Ford says it sports new fuel-saving aerodynamics like a... // Autonet