Ford Ecosport Breaks Cover in Style; Priced at Rs.5.59 lakh

After a long impatient wait, Ford India has finally launched the much-anticipated compact sports utility vehicle EcoSport in India. However, the wait becomes a gain when the American automaker announced the prices, which are affordable beyond than expectations, tagged with a jaw-dropping price of Rs. 5.59 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) for base variant, Ford EcoSport certainly becomes the most desirable car in India. Ford Dealerships is already taking bookings for the compact SUV, and the deliveries of the vehicle commences from today itself all around the nation.

The EcoSport is now available with three engine options, and loads with exciting various exciting features.

Ford EcoSport is available in a total four trims- Ambiente, Trend, Titanium and Titanium optional, with three engine options – 1.5-litre petrol, 1.5-litre diesel, and the internationally acclaimed 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine. While the Ambiente and Trend tims gets a 1.5-litre diesel or 1.5-litre petrol engines along with the 5-speed manual transmission as standard. The other two EcoSport Titanium and Titanium Optional is powered by a 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine along with the aforementioned engine options. The 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder turbocharged engine is capable of developing 125bhp and 170Nm of top torque. The engine is mated to a five speed manual transmission, and returns an ARAI fuel efficiency of 18.9kmpl. The other two engines – 110bhp, 1.5-litre petrol and a 89bhp, 1.5-litre diesel also do duty in the Ford’s flagship sedan Fiesta. While the 1.5-litre diesel engine is mated to a five-speed manual transmission gearbox and returning a fuel economy of 22.7kmpl, the 1.5-litre petrol gets both five-speed manual and six-speed automatic gearbox options.

On this occasion Mr. Joginder Singh, President & Managing Director of Ford India said, “ Ford EcoSport is built on a global platform and it’s engineered in all sorts of way, so it’s very difficult to put a finger on a number because the same global platform is in China, Brazil, Thailand and soon Russia will get it, so, that’s a very difficult question to answer. But I can tell you that for our production facility, we invested 142 million dollars to make sure that Chennai was ready to make things rolling for domestic as well international markets. And this product led investment is going to continue.  In addition to the 2 billion dollars invested in the factories in Chennai as well as in Sanand, Gujarat, we are more than capable of producing multi products for both domestic demands as well as international. Currently in Chennai, we have the option of producing both left and right hand drive vehicles, which makes us more than ready to handle any sort of future demands. Product innovation with international standards is going to be our core objective in future.???

The affordable prices don’t means that Ford EcoSport lacks in features, infact it is a feature-rich compact SUV, which gets keyless entry, push start/stop button, reverse parking sensor with visual display. It has 200mm of ground clearance and comes with 550mm water wading capability, which showing its off-roading abilities.

The automatic variant of the car also sports Hill launch Assist system, which halts the car from rolling back for a few seconds after driver take foot off the brake, giving enough time to accelerate smoothly. Ford EcoSport also sports various safety features like six airbags-front passenger, driver and side curtain airbahs, ABS and others. More interestingly, the compact SUV features the Microsoft’s SYNC technology, which Ford has fitted in many of its global lineups. This technology allows you to make and receive calls, playing favorite songs and much more. The SUV also sports the advanced technological features, including the Emergency Assistance System. This system further enhances the safety and quickens the operations after any emergency occurs like if driver met with an accident, someone will be automatically alerted.

Source : CarDekho.com – Read more details on Ford Ecosport Latest News