niceonept Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) Greetings to everyone from me, Pete, in the UK. I've just become the proud owner of my new Edge. It's a late 2018 ST-Line model (210) with Lux Pack in Canyon Ridge colour. Although it is two years old it's like new - barely used and with less than 5,000 miles on the clock. And at nearly £16,000 less than list price I think it was a bargain. There aren't that many Edges registered over here (just 6,500 in total, ever) and they stopped importing them into Europe the beginning of 2020 so are already becoming quite rare. Unlike in North America where they are regarded as mid-size SUV the Edge is considered to be a very large car over here. In fact is was the largest Ford SUV you could buy in Europe. Now it's been discontinued it's now its baby brother the Kuga (which I think is the Escape on the other side of the pond) which is the largest you can buy new. But the biggest difference between my car and most others owned by guys on here would of course be the fact it is right hand drive! A couple of pics attached. Be great to hear from anyone out there. Edited January 5, 2021 by niceonept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sage Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baileymex Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 Ha just seen this, welcome, kind of, I'm not stalking you haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cds71 Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 looks like a 2018 edge sport.....nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted January 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Thanks. It's the model that replaced the Sport here in UK - the ST-Line. Not a lot of difference though, as far as I can tell. Edited January 6, 2021 by niceonept Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 20 minutes ago, niceonept said: Thanks. It's the model that replaced the Sport here in UK - the ST-Line. Not a lot of difference though, as far as I can tell. In the states the Sport comes with a 2.7L twin turbo engine and sport suspension. ST-Line is only the appearance package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted January 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 Yes, I believe there's a much larger range of engines available in North America than we had in Europe. Here we got only one - the twin turbocharged 2 litre Diesel, either 210PS auto or 180PS with manual transmission. Mine's a 210 Auto. The manual cars are really rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cds71 Posted January 6, 2021 Report Share Posted January 6, 2021 I was just going by the rear tail light and light bar....and the trapezoid exhaust tips....and gear shift. Thats to bad you guys did not get the 2.7tt....I love mine. Has the 2.7tt made it into any ford vehicles in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 6 hours ago, cds71 said: Has the 2.7tt made it into any ford vehicles in Europe. Nope. North America only. Anything over 2.0L in Europe gets taxed heavily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted January 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Years ago you could get 2.8 Cologne and 3.0 Essex V-6s in the larger European Fords - like the Granada (below), Scorpio, Galaxy and performance Capris, Sierras and Mondeos - but these have all been dropped in favour of much more economic and fuel efficient smaller engines. Fuel efficiency is a big factor in Europe as prices are much higher than in the states, e.g. diesel is currently about US$6.18/gallon in the UK. However, although these new engines are much smaller they deliver a lot more power than the larger engines they replaced e.g. the old 3.0 litre Granada delivered just 128 hp (130 PS) and 17.6mpg fuel consumption (14.7 US mpg) compared to my 2.0 litre Edge's 207 hp (210PS) and 37.2mpg. I had 2 of these Consul-Granadas in the 80s. The largest Ford you could get at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted January 7, 2021 Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 12 hours ago, akirby said: Nope. North America only. Anything over 2.0L in Europe gets taxed heavily. Middle East also gets it. Also, the 2019+ ST has it but with regular exhaust tips. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVCashmere Posted March 5, 2021 Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 Nice to hear bout ST owners around the world! When my wife drives it, she has no idea how powerful it really is! CVCashmere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted March 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 Cheers CV. Unfortunately however the powerful ST model as you know it is not available on this side of the pond. Our ST-Line models here share the same 210HP twin turbo diesel engines fitted to all other Edges. The ST-Line is essentially a Sport dressed in ST clothes with a few added extras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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