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| Ford Ecosport Soon In India – An Urban SUV |
Ford eco-sport has been revealed at April 2012 auto expo in Beijing. This has quiet good similarities with the Brazil edition for which Ford won the laurels of Brazilians, Indian SUV is also having same dynamics. It is a combination of Compact car and an SUV. Ford is trying hard to repeat the same success formula in India.
Ford ECOSPORT is a fuel efficient urban SUV. Ecosport has all the features of a SUV that are tweaked to suit the urban life style. Normally standard SUVs are not that suitable for urban life style, on city roads in India, maybe we can blame the roads that are not wide, unmanaged traffic or crowd. So those SUVs are to completely take off-road from city and best for a long ride on highways or hill stations. At first sight definitely you feel WOW. At the same time the SUV features that are integrated in ecosport keeps this in SUVs category.
Once you see ecosport you definitely talk about the ground clearance of the vehicle. . Ford has taken very good care in stylizing the exteriors. American car maker knows that until the vehicle is good looking and noticeable no body step forward to know more about it and Ford is successful in this aspect in all vehicles it produced in India till now and Ecosport is not an Exception. Ecosport length is less than four meters, to save the pocket of consumer. A car more than four meters will give good bucks to excise department. Ecosport is built within the length of a sedan and the 200 mm ground good clearance is the big advantage to keep this vehicle in SUV segment. Four slated chrome grill and Ford badge makes the front grill look complete and proud gives a Hulk look. Headlamps are sweeping into the Grill, looks like Ford is planning to have Halogen lamps instead of LEDs as shown in auto expo. The ground clearance gives you confidence to take Ecosport off-road easily. Body colour bumper has black air dam and fog lamps at both the ends. Tail lamps are not so stylish. Antenna gives a sport look over the front sweeping roof merges with windshield. There are protective claddings beneath the vehicle and for rugged terrains. Wheels having 550 mm water wading capability will make you ready to take your vehicle anywhere. As per Ford “Ground clearance is the defining aspect of this product. It gives you the feel of traditional SUV.
When you sneak into Ecosport saloon you feel more like fiesta. World’s highest safety standards have been implemented front passenger and side-curtain air-bags will give you more safety. The high road view really awesome while driving you will able to see clearly what is going around you. The silver-black dashboard gives a sporty look. Blue back light in dials and meters gives a cool airy feel inside. Steering mount controls, black leather seats and good amount of boot space makes the car interior complete. According to car-size a/c must be powerful with climate control option. Rear seats are foldable to increase the boot space. In addition to Ford SYNC with voice control, the Ecosport on display showcased available innovative technologies such as Smart Keyless Entry, Ford Power Start, and a cooled bin in the glove box. Ecosport also comes with a drive assist feature like Hill launch assist and rear parking sensors. Ecosport, ECO in the title is related to green and fuel efficient feature. Ford’s goal is to become the one in making fuel efficient vehicles. Fuel economy is enhanced by six-speed power shift dual – clutch automatic transmission. It gives combination of efficiency and driving comfort ability with smooth transition to manual to automatic transmission.
Ford Ecosport is going to come with 1.0 litre 3 cylinder ecoboost petrol engine generating 120 PS power and a peak torque of 170 Nm plus super low Co2 levels of 140 g/km. This particular engine is a down-sized direct-injected, turbocharged petrol engine performs same as a 1.6-liter engine. The Expected Mileage is not less than 20kmpl. Usually SUVs are not attached to the mileage but Ecosport is an exception. Ecosport is only front-wheel drive and looks like there are no plans of four-wheel drive. Ford Ecosport is going to be priced competitively between 7-10 lakhs to attract large band of Audience, this would definitely going to work out
Ford ECOSPORT is a fuel efficient urban SUV. Ecosport has all the features of a SUV that are tweaked to suit the urban life style. Normally standard SUVs are not that suitable for urban life style, on city roads in India, maybe we can blame the roads that are not wide, unmanaged traffic or crowd. So those SUVs are to completely take off-road from city and best for a long ride on highways or hill stations. At first sight definitely you feel WOW. At the same time the SUV features that are integrated in ecosport keeps this in SUVs category.
Once you see ecosport you definitely talk about the ground clearance of the vehicle. . Ford has taken very good care in stylizing the exteriors. American car maker knows that until the vehicle is good looking and noticeable no body step forward to know more about it and Ford is successful in this aspect in all vehicles it produced in India till now and Ecosport is not an Exception. Ecosport length is less than four meters, to save the pocket of consumer. A car more than four meters will give good bucks to excise department. Ecosport is built within the length of a sedan and the 200 mm ground good clearance is the big advantage to keep this vehicle in SUV segment. Four slated chrome grill and Ford badge makes the front grill look complete and proud gives a Hulk look. Headlamps are sweeping into the Grill, looks like Ford is planning to have Halogen lamps instead of LEDs as shown in auto expo. The ground clearance gives you confidence to take Ecosport off-road easily. Body colour bumper has black air dam and fog lamps at both the ends. Tail lamps are not so stylish. Antenna gives a sport look over the front sweeping roof merges with windshield. There are protective claddings beneath the vehicle and for rugged terrains. Wheels having 550 mm water wading capability will make you ready to take your vehicle anywhere. As per Ford “Ground clearance is the defining aspect of this product. It gives you the feel of traditional SUV.
When you sneak into Ecosport saloon you feel more like fiesta. World’s highest safety standards have been implemented front passenger and side-curtain air-bags will give you more safety. The high road view really awesome while driving you will able to see clearly what is going around you. The silver-black dashboard gives a sporty look. Blue back light in dials and meters gives a cool airy feel inside. Steering mount controls, black leather seats and good amount of boot space makes the car interior complete. According to car-size a/c must be powerful with climate control option. Rear seats are foldable to increase the boot space. In addition to Ford SYNC with voice control, the Ecosport on display showcased available innovative technologies such as Smart Keyless Entry, Ford Power Start, and a cooled bin in the glove box. Ecosport also comes with a drive assist feature like Hill launch assist and rear parking sensors. Ecosport, ECO in the title is related to green and fuel efficient feature. Ford’s goal is to become the one in making fuel efficient vehicles. Fuel economy is enhanced by six-speed power shift dual – clutch automatic transmission. It gives combination of efficiency and driving comfort ability with smooth transition to manual to automatic transmission.
Ford Ecosport is going to come with 1.0 litre 3 cylinder ecoboost petrol engine generating 120 PS power and a peak torque of 170 Nm plus super low Co2 levels of 140 g/km. This particular engine is a down-sized direct-injected, turbocharged petrol engine performs same as a 1.6-liter engine. The Expected Mileage is not less than 20kmpl. Usually SUVs are not attached to the mileage but Ecosport is an exception. Ecosport is only front-wheel drive and looks like there are no plans of four-wheel drive. Ford Ecosport is going to be priced competitively between 7-10 lakhs to attract large band of Audience, this would definitely going to work out
