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Ford Edge Titanium 180PS review: Classy SUV goes big on space and business appeal

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9 May 2016

Ford Edge 2.0 TDCi Titanium 180PS AWD

What is it?

WELCOME back Ford to the large SUV market, with this, the new Ford Edge.

It now means Ford has an SUV in each segment of the market that might interest you, whether it’s the compact EcoSport (from the 23% company car tax band), the mid-size Kuga (from the 24% company car tax band) or Edge (from the 29% company car tax band).

The new Ford Edge is built on the same platform as the S-MAX people carrier, so it majors on space. However, unlike the S-MAX, the Edge will only be available as a five seater (so sit back and relax in the acres of legroom afforded you in the rear).

Ford Edge Titanium 180PS review

Acres of space in the rear

Available only with four-wheel drive, so you’ll never be short of traction, there are three trims: Zetec, Titanium and Sport. So far most orders have been for either the Titanium (reviewed here) or the Sport versions.

There are two choices choice of engine tune / transmission – 180PS with six speed manual, or 210PS with six speed autobox.

Prices start from sub-£30k  for the Edge rising to nearly £37k for the topline Sport model. This Ford Edge Titanium 180PS review car is priced at £32,245 on the road.

What are the rivals for the new Ford Edge?

Well, the Ford marketing team reckons you’ll either be in something like an Audi Q5 or considering it, but are hankering after a bit more space and a rather more on the creature comforts side that’s not all filed on options list under expensive.

Or considering other similar sized rivals such as the Hyundai Santa Fe, where the Edge’s appeal is the lower CO2 emissions and lower benefit in kind company car tax.

What’s hot?

  • It looks good. The Titanium comes with chrome and sparkling alloys (the Sport has black accents) and looks a classy contender with its clamshell bonnet – the sort you would expect to find on a Range Rover.
  • It’s big. The tailgate is hands-free opening on to a boot that is spacious and can be extended with the touch of a button that lowers the backrests.
  • Return those backrests into position and the Edge reverts from station wagon to luxury exec with masses of leg-stretching room in the rear. There’s even a 220V three-pin socket so you can charge up your lap top and so on.
Ford Edge Titanium 180PS review
High up driving position
  • Sitting in the front you’ll appreciate the high up driving position and the well-crafted cabin
  • Specification is generous – Ford’s excellent Active City Stop with Pedestrian detection is standard as is lane keep aid and traffic sign recognition, plus there’s the Quickclear heated front screen (perfect for those frosty morning starts).
  • Other elements include privacy glass, rear view camera and rear spoiler, chrome roof rails, 19 inch alloys, while a £2000 luxury pack adds leather seats plus heated and cooled front seats plus a panoramic sunroof which opens to let the outside in.
  • What’s better the lux pack has been ‘residualised’ – in other words it will be valued at £900 after three years, so value remains in it – and adds only marginally to a monthly lease rental.
  • The engine is nicely responsive and pleasingly quiet on the motorway, and the ride comfortable.
  • It can also cope capably with off-road lanes and rutted tracks and mud thanks to its full time four-wheel drive system.
  • It can tow up to 750kg unbraked or 2000kg braked.
  • A CO2 emissions figure of 149g/km doesn’t make it best in class, but does put the Ford Edge towards the top of the class for all-wheel drive SUVs. If you want one as a company car, expect to pay from £155 a month in company car tax.

What’s not?

  • If you order the auto version, it’s only a six-speeder.
  • The satnav doesn’t always keep up with the car we found – so sometimes you can miss a turn.
  • Adaptive steering option – although aiming to provide more assistance at the right time or less when appropriate robs the steering of feel; standard set up is better.
  • It’s a big car – and wide. So keep that in mind

Ford Edge Titanium 180PS review verdict

Ford Edge Titanium 180PS review
Ford Edge Titanium – it’s big

The Ford Edge Titanium gives business buyers a great dilemma: go for a premium model with less space and less kit; or go for the classy Ford with excellent spec and acres of interior real estate.

If you’re blinded by brand, the choice has been taken away from you; but if you’re in the market for an SUV, then this Ford is a real credible contender.

If you’re an SME director wanting to run one through the company then the company car tax is certainly manageable for such a large car.

If you’re a business owner, who wants to expense it outside the company, then there are plenty of funding choices that will give you a good value deal, supported by strong residual values, which just trail the class-leading Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport (see Ford Edge leasing deals from £311).

All round, it’s good to have Ford back in the big SUV class. It provides additional breadth of choice to a booming market sector.

Low Down on Ford Edge 2.0 TDCi Titanium 180PS AWD

Doors and body style 5-door SUV
Engine/gearbox: 2.0 4cyl turbo diesel/6-speed manual transmission
CO2 Emissions: 149g/km
Economy: 48.7mpg
Power/torque: 180PS/400Nm
0-62mph/top speed: 9.9secs/124mph
Insurance group: 26

…..and what it costs

 

P11D Value £32,045
Monthly business rental (ex VAT) From £311 (3yrs/30,000 miles)
Road tax (VED) Band F
Company Car Tax Bands 2016/17 to 2018/19 29%, 31%, 33%
Benefit in kind 2016/17 to 2018/19  £9,293/ £9,934/£10,575
Annual/Monthly fuel benefit (20%)  £1288/£107
Annual/Monthly fuel benefit (40%) £2575/£215
Annual/monthly company car tax (20%) £1859/£155
Annual/monthly company car tax (40%) £3717/£310
Figures correct at time of posting May 2016
For latest figures Use our company car tax calculator

 

Ford Edge Titanium 180PS review
Classy and roomy – Ford Edge Titanium

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