Escape = a car with a "trucklike" body to cater to stupid Americans who don't know any better, and think that "trucks are safer than cars."

Can't you get a low-end pickup or a Cherokee in better shape? If you don't need off-road capability, a cop surplus Clown Vick would also do the trick.

"Kid's car" -- WGAMFS what other people think of your car? Get one that's calculated to irritate vain idiots.