[taildragger]

This is the Ford Kuga a Euro Small SUV...

It is about the same size as the Escape. As Ford moves forward and they try to get platforms the same world wide, chances are the Kuga and Escape may become one design in the future.

I happened to go out to lunch with a Ford Employee last week and got to see a couple of these Kuga's in the Dearborn area. Ford doesn't bring Euro cars over to let the workers do Dem/Val drives like they used to years ago, they are penny pichers period. So that may lead you to ask why are these Kuga's here in the US?

[Myrddin]

I owned a 2003 Escape 4x4 with 3.0L V6. Traded up for a 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. If the Kuga is the replacement, I'll be shopping for something else when the Mariner needs to be replaced. It has that Fugly/Aztek look. Yuck. Some of the current model year offerings weren't terribly attractive and the prices are astronomical.

[rllngrk33]

It is about the same size as the Escape

It looks smaller, about the size of a Focus. Ugly too.

Get used to smaller cars with 4 cylinder engines, the new CAFE standards will force car makes in that direction.

Larger cars will get lots more expensive too.

[Grumplestiltskin]

“This is the Ford Kuga a Euro Small SUV...”

Hmmm....
That looks remarkably like the current Toyota RAV4!