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Another day, another powertrain scheme revealed. Based on VIN decoder documents

Ford

submitted to the

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

, we learned of

engine options for the 2020 Lincoln Corsair

. The same paperwork shows 2020

Escape

trims and engines with a little variation on the

Lincoln

sibling. The base

Escape

S will get

Ford’s

1.3-liter Dragon three-cylinder, with a horsepower yet to be declared. It will replace the 1.5-liter EcoBoost cylinder that makes 179 hp and 177 pound-feet of torque in the current Escape S.

The Corsair’s base engine will be the top-tier engine in the Escape — a 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder. As we saw with the Corsair specs, though, it looks like Ford’s cutting back on horsepower. The Escape document lists the 2.0-liter as “240PS GAS,” which is 237 horsepower,

same as it did with the Corsair

. That 2.0-liter currently makes 245 hp in the Escape and the

Lincoln MKC

, a drop of eight horses. The premium engine in the Corsair, a 2.3-liter EcoBoost, is listed as having 275 hp, which is 10 hp less than the 2.3-liter in the current

MKC

.

It looks like there’ll be a traditional

hybrid

and a

plug-in hybrid

for the Escape, since Ford lists FHEV (full hybrid-electric vehicle) and PHEV on the documents. Both use the 2.5-liter Duratec four-cylinder. Hybrid horsepower isn’t listed on the VIN paperwork, but that engine presently makes 168 hp and 170 lb-ft in the base Escape S. The same engine in the

Fusion

S puts out 175 hp and 175 lb-ft.

The Escape will come in the same four trims as today: S, SE, SEL and Titanium. Any can be optioned with all-wheel drive, but only the SE, SEL and Titanium offer hybrid options and plug-in hybrid options. On the Corsair, the PHEV is a trim to itself and only available with all-wheel drive. Sadly, there’s

no indication of an Escape ST

.

With the Escape due in showrooms sometime this year, we shouldn’t have long to wait to fill in the blanks.

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