The Ford Escort is a compact car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.
The North American Escort adopted both the badge and the general design of a redesigned
European model, and the name has been applied to several different designs
in North America since its introduction as Ford's first successful world
car.
The Escort was Ford's first front-wheel-drive car built in North
America, replacing the dated Ford Pinto subcompact car (1971-80) with a modern
front-wheel drive design popularized by the Volkswagen Rabbit. It also effectively
replaced the smaller Ford Fiesta which was imported from Europe from 1978-80.
Though mechanically sophisticated, the Fiesta was too small, even for a Pinto
replacement.
The Escort was one of Ford's most successful models
in the 1980s, earning a much better reputation than the Pinto, which faced widely-publicized
safety issues. In fact, the Escort was the single best-selling car
in its second year in the United States and during most of that decade.
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