Original North American Ford Escort is relied (somewhat loosely) on its European cousin and has been sold since year 1981 because Model year 1990. The mighty Ford Empire then turned to its Japanese ally, Mazda, for the foundation for the Escort, and the empire remained until the ultimate ZX2 Escort coupe was sold here as a 2003 model. I had forgotten about the first Mazda-based Escorts in This series for now, here’s one recently found in a car cemetery in Colorado.
The U.S.-market Escort was available in wagon form from model years 1981 to 1999. For 1993, the Escort wagon came in LX trim only, and its MSRP was $10,367 (about $22,795 in 2024 dollars ). Looks like this started at a dealership just outside of Kansas City.
ONE Escort buyer does not have a 1993 wagon the LX-E or GT version had a 127-horsepower 1.8-liter DOHC 4-cylinder Mazda engine, while all other American Escort models that year came with the 1.9-liter Ford CVH and 88-liter engines. its horsepower.
Wagons deserve a manual transmission and that’s what this one has. The four-speed automatic transmission is available in several option packages or as a stand-alone purchase for $732 ($1,610 after inflation).
This car is a sibling platform to the Mazda 323 aka protectorThis makes it a close cousin Mercury Capri 1991-1994. Its Mercury heraldic twin is Followers.
Station cars fell out of favor with American consumers in 1993, nearly a decade after the first Chrysler minivans were introduced. Jeep XJ Cherokee appeared, two years later the launch of the Ford Explorer and model year of the first Jeep Grand Cherokees. Three years later, Toyota RAV4 appeared in the United States, followed by Honda CR-V a year later, ensuring that Escort-sized wagons no longer lingered on showroom floors.
This deeply offensive bumper sticker is the creation of The late Frank T. Kosteckian Ohio fur trapper and businessman who owned Kosky’s Trading Post in Sullivan and suggested Full of stickers encouraging the consumption of marsupials while on the road.
Ford had not yet used a six-digit odometer on the Escort at the time this one was built, so we can’t know its final mileage total.
Your friendly Northwest Ford dealer will include air conditioning, an AM/FM stereo, and a luggage rack at no additional charge!
