FORD Escort · 1.8 TD Business Edit. Cool · Hatchback · 1998

From 1998 Ford launched production of automobiles type Escort, modification 1.8 TD Business Edit. Cool and terminated it in 1998. This auto has 3 doors, the body is shaped like a hatchback, weight 1.1 tons and length 4.1 meters, which can seat 5 person in sum.

«Escort 1.8 TD Business Edit. Cool» automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift is connected to the front-wheels. This auto can be accelerated for 11.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 172 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel engine with a «indirect injection system», which generate a max output of 90 horsepower at 4500 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 8.4 liters in the city driving mode, on the highway 5.2 l, and the normal fuel rate is 6.4 liters per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 55 l of diesel, what lets to drive roughly 860 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this vehicle have disks brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Back wheels have drums brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs». Tires have the next measure - 185/60HR14.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Ford Escort got the 2 number of stars. This automobile has passive safety (driver airbags), but there is no active systems of safety.