Ford Motor Co. has announced the launch of the new 2017 model year Ford Escape with driver-assist technologies and two new EcoBoost engines. The new Escape, scheduled to launch in the spring, features available SYNC Connect mobile access and driver-assist technologies such as adaptive cruise control and collision warning with brake support, a lane-keeping system, and Enhanced Active Park Assist - all packed in a vehicle that's been redesigned from the inside out.

Escape is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start/Stop technology standard with either of two new-to-Escape EcoBoost engines - a 1.5-liter EcoBoost and a 2.0-liter twin-scroll turbocharged EcoBoost. Auto Start/Stop technology shuts off the engine during common stops, so the vehicle burns no gas and emits zero tailpipe emissions.