Now I am writing this review with buyers or users of escort in india..bcoz I have never driven an escort abroad..but then I have never driven any car abroad., althugh I did ask the taxi driver to gimme a chance in singapore ;-)
i bought an escort last year ..it is 99 model and has done over 64000 kms...bought it for 210, 000...and aint I happy with it...YES SIR I am indeed ....i had just landed up a job and wantd a car badly...i was looking at used cars only since my budget.... though over stretchd wasnt stretching enuf ...
i had zeroed in on an indica as well as an uno...oh I forgot to mention..i was stingy and was lookin at only diesel cars...both were around 1, 75000 mark..and then came this silver ford escort..they were asking 2.25...the moment I took a test drive I knew this was the vehicle I wanted ...for now.
there was a power deficit when u have the aircon switchd on...but even indica had that ...i bought it for 2.10...and my advise for anybody on the lookout for a diesel car....a ford in a decent condition is rite for u ...it gives good mileage (arnd 17 on highways)...it is smoooth ...tough ...and reliable....
it does have some drawbacks...it is a bit costly if u dont maintain it proprly as the service charges are little steep whenu consider the money u shelld out.....