I feel for you getting the 1.5EB in an Escape. Ugh!!! I couldn't imagine driving one witj that motor. Wife loves hers. Only way we would took it, is because it had the 2.0EB. Def scoots along nicely. Only way to get one now is in the Titanium packaged ones. Think because the new Ecosport and Edge are getting most of the 2.0s