The Ford Escort replaced the Pinto and was the company’s first “world car,” meaning that the car was developed across numerous global markets. It debuted in 1981 and was in production across three generations through 2003. The seller has a 1995 second-gen model in LX trim, and it has covered a fair number of miles (143,000). Few details are provided, but the car is in Allenton, Wisconsin, and is priced in cheap wheels territory at $1,500 here on Facebook Marketplace. Thanks for the tip, “Lothar… of the Hill People.”
While earlier Escorts were considered subcompacts, the remainder (including the seller’s car) were sized for the compact market. The car was a hit in the U.S. and was the market’s best- selling car for much of the 1980s. This edition of the car was based on a Mazda platform, as Ford had a partnership with them at the time. An 88 hp 1.9-liter inline-4 provided power for the 1995 Escort. At one time, there was also a Mercury version called the Lynx.
The seller’s car is a 4-door sedan with a hatchback, one of 50,000 built for the 1995 model year. So, you saw a lot of these cars running around 30 years ago. But most have since moved on to the automobile graveyard. This one has plenty of miles and is only photographed in a parking garage, leading us to wonder if it even runs. It has an automatic transmission.
A bit of rust appears to be in one rocker pane,l and the car’s silver paint is well past its prime and would be ready for a redo. The blue interior seems to be fine. But the seller is tight-lipped about the qualities of this car, which is a shame. Would you hand over $1,500 for a faded, 31-one-year old Escort?
The composite valve seats are known to crack apart around 135,000 mi.– it happened to mine.