When you hear the word Sport Utility Vehicle, or SUV
in short, a big, expensive and bulky vehicle with wide and huge tires suitable
only for highways comes to your mind.
But the time has come to change the perspective as
Ford India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American
automobile giant, the Ford Motor Company has launched Ford EcoSport, a mini and
one of the best urban crossovers in June, 2015.
It is a tough SUV with an upper hand over many of
its rivals in terms of technicalities. Like any other SUV, this urban SUV is
about getting you where you want to go. The EcoSport has a 362-litre boot space.
The 3999 mm long Ford EcoSport has a ground clearance of 200 mm – that means it puts
200 mm of ground clearance between you and the road, potholes, ditches or
whatever else is in your way.
This vehicle is available in both petrol and diesel
variants.
While, the petrol variants are offered with an
award-winning 1.0 EcoBoost engine and a 1.5-litre, Ti-VCT petrol unit, the
diesel version gets a 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder, DV5 di engine. As per ARAI2, the petrol vehicle returns a
mileage of 18.88 kmpl and the diesel vehicle will take you 22.67 kilometers
with just one liter of fuel.
The different models in the petrol variants are, the
1.5L Diesel Trend MT, 1.5L Petrol Trend MT 1.5L Petrol Titanium MT, 1.0L Petrol Eco Boost Titanium (O) MT, 1.5L Petrol Ambient MT and 1.0L Petrol EcoBoost
Titanium MT.,
While the 1.5 liter petrol engine with a
displacement capacity of 1499 cc, churns out 112PS of power at 6300 rpm and 140
Nm of torque at 4000 rpm, the 1.0 liter 999 cc engine develops 125 PS of power
at 6000 rpm and 170 Nm of torque at 1400-4500 rpm.
Diesel variants are 1.5 D Ambiente MT, 1.5 D Trend
MT, 1.5 D titanium and the 1.5D titanium (O). They are priced between Rs 7.89
lakhs and Rs 9.73 lakhs.
In Diesel, the 1.5L, 1499 cc DV5 diesel engines
develop 110 Ps of power at 3750 rpm and the peak torque is 140 Nm at 4900 rpm.
Meanwhile, the 1.5-litre diesel engine delivers 91 Ps of power at 3750 rpm and
240 Nm torque at 2000 to 2750 rpm.
As far as safety features in this car are concerned,
it provides airbags for driver and passenger , EBA + ESC + TCS + HLA, side and
curtain airbags, emergency assistance, configurable speed alarm in Fuel
computer, auto door unlock on crash, front 3 point seat belts etc.
Author BY : Ford EcoSport
