Easy to see out of and park. The Escape has a great driving position.
Very nice cargo capacity, and I even towed with mine, despite it being a 4cylinder stick shift, front-wheel-drive.
With the lighter weight of the front wheel drive platform, the Escape was actually fun to toss around. I found this to be a definite plus.
I put over 90000 miles on my Escape with ZERO issues. ZERO.