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

In 1998 Ford launched production of autos type Escort, modification 1.8 TD Business Edit. Cool and closed it in 1998. The weight of the car is 1.1 tons and a length of 4.3 m, It is shaped as sedan with four doors, and may be placed in a 5 men with a driver.

«Escort 1.8 TD Business Edit. Cool» vehicle with a 5-speed manual gear shift is connected to the front wheels. The 4-cylinders diesel motor with «indirect injection fuel system» can generate output 90 horsepower at 4500 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the vehicle for 11.5 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve max speed of 172 km/h.

Gas tank capacity of this auto is 55 liters of diesel, so when normal fuel consumption is 6.4 l per 100 km (5.2 l on the highway, 8.4 liters in the city), that allows to go nearly 860 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have disks brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have drums brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs». Tires have the next dimensions - 185/60HR14.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Ford Escort received the 2 quantity of stars. This automobile does not have active safety, and there is passive safety (driver airbags).