Wind, road, drivetrain and suspension. It’s quite the quartet, and it plays long and loud in the Escape. But not even the most avid fan of atonal, polyrhythmic music would enjoy this serenade. Ford didn’t help matters much by slapping hard plastic all over the interior. It’s just the material to reflect sounds in the same frequency range as road and wind noise. Over grooved concrete, there was something buzzing. Good thing it’s got a decent audio system with satellite radio and a disc player. Better hope the volume knob goes to 11, though. (more)