1999 Ford Escort Reviews, Pricing & Specs

Although I am not a mechanic, it seems like it would be an ok car for a beginner to work on and parts are relatively cheep. I just bought this car with190,000 miles on it but the engine sounds pretty good and clutch feels good.. Its early yet but, so far, so good.

Not a bad car for a first car. Good gas mileage. only problem is the head gasket goes easily and the parts are too expensive for such a cheap car.

I purchased this car from an Iowa dealer after my Saturn died. Car was definitely driven by an aggressive driver just like me. From a performance and fun standpoint, it was quite powerful and very lightweight for a budget car. It also did pretty well at the gas pump, averaging 30 miles per gallon. On the downside, the car had a number of mechanical issues relating to rust and corrosion. The passenger side door sill was rusted out (I've noticed this particular issue on a majority of ZX2s), the shift linkages were rusting to the point that power shifting was nearly impossilble on the 5-speed, and the rear sway bar was literally wired to the car. I retired it after about 140,000 miles on the odometer, but if the electrical issues could be worked out and the rust placated for a reasonable length of time, the car was relatively sound and quite economical for the budding corner artist.

This car gets pretty decent gas mileage, looks all right. really good turning radius and handling. Idles really loudly though, and is small, so no leg room.

this car is very comfortable, i have never had anty issues with it, best car i have ever owned by far.this is a very fast car and with exellent brakes to go along with it . this is a very cheap car to keep up gas is great and if u do have problems with it parts r dirt cheap.

Great car and very economical. Sounds nice with the exhaust and cold air intake and gives it powerr. Its fully loaded with sunroof, power doors, power locks, and its very reliable. It has 131k on it is still runs strong and looks like neww.

Another good commuter. Good mpg's. Blew up at 170,000 miles. A little premature I thought! Dead reliable till then. Made 2 trips to NY and many miles to and from work. A little cramped on the long trip though. I would buy another if I could find one cheap.

Extremely fuel efficient. Small fun car to drive, it got me everywhere I ever needed! Didn't have the heart to trade it in when I bought my Focus, so I kept it, it is still used. Very rarely needed to go to the shop, only had one thing major happen to it. Wrecked once, took me forever to fix! It's a good car!

After my brief encounter with a 1990 Volvo, I received my first REAL car, a 1999 Ford Escort ZX2, as a highschool graduation gift. After years of road abuse from the wear and tear of the bumpy gravel and the long road trips home ( I travel a lot by the way), I have found that this little old coupe can be a real trooper. Now that's now to say that I haven't had problems with it; infact, I just had to rebuild the transmission due to a lot of transmission defects. However, the transmissions problem mainly resulted from the high mileage trips. All in all this car makes a great starter car, very affordable and reliable.

Well I haven't had it for long and it is my first car. It is a GREAT first car though. I love it thats just it. MPG is good to me. I drive approx. 30 miles a day and I don't have to fill up all that much.

the ford zx2 is the probe gt's successor, its not as fast as it but handles just as well, and the 2.0 ztec is a nice little engine, the car has a very stiff front end so it has the tendency to understeer a little easier than other cars of the same class,

This car gets you from A to B nothing special or fancy. It does the job.Does pretty good on gas,Has decent amount of foot room,nice size trunk.It just isnt very fast takes forever just to leave the light

Just Ford nothing more. The perfekt family car - big and practical nothing else. Can take you without problems, to work or to some nice place around the See or Mountain with your family! It's kind a economical, and a little bit noisy but for the prise is perfekt!

Not the coolest car ever....but for a student (well, soon to be), its an excellent car. Nimble, fun, cheap on gas, the usual you would expect from a compact. Only issue is that it makes a helluva lot of noise on the highway. 110 KM/H and you hear nothing but a four-banger straining to make headway. It hasn't required anything in the way of major maintenance, and starts without hesitation every time.

Good car. Not exactly a sports car with the four cylinder but it picks up pretty well, considering. Parts are easy to come by when needed and repairs are minimal with the way i drive and take care of it (exceptionally)

This car rocks. Drove it to Toronto and back from Boston. No Problems..good on gas

It's ok :) Build quality - some fenders got a little problem with lasting without repairs :) Performance - it's fine. Cost of Ownership - most cost is gasoline ;p Fun - not that much cuz it's not small - and doesn't have huge horse power ammount :)

its a good all around car that gets me where i need to go, its 0-60 time is currently 7.1 seconds but with my new rousch intake and tokiko springs i hope to get in the high 6 second range, it has all the options too, plus it gets 31 mpg

its quick, handles great, its red has a few scratches no rust at all, cost me 1200, exellent on gas, it is a fun car to drive and good to make into a rice burner...

This car is very boring. But very well made! Its got no extras and has never needed anything repaired! Passed smog with 0's !

a car with space and a bit of speed

it was a great car for a university student goint to class every day, not too bad on the consumption of gas, and very comfortable all around exept when you had to take many friends around, great performance, the ac was the greatest in all my vehicles so far perahaps due to the large engine on a small car!