[money_man]

Imo the only descent crossover power wise is the escape with the 2.0T. The crv is embarrassing slow, the cx-5 was meh but my second favorite, the Santa fe is ok but is hyundai and they have turbo issues up the backside. The equinox was junk when we looked at them. Gm needs to step up their game.

 

[money_man]

My 2009 escape which is fully loaded and v6 awd gets 21 us mpg city and 27.5 us mpg hwy.

 

[money_man]

I did about 23.7 for the day in my rental. Heavy city driving. Still, that's better than my family's other V6 small SUVs (01 Escape FWD/05 Liberty 4WD - they'll do that on a 100% highway trip).

Escapes didn't get descent mileage until the 2009 model year. The 6F35 made a huge difference.