EcoSport seen testing in Chennai,India launch imminent?

Ford’s new concept of ‘One Ford’ has been commenced with the new product EcoSport through which the company aims at expanding its empire in the global auto market as well the Indian car market. Ford contrives to contribute eight products to the Indian auto market by the mid of this decade. The EcoSport is the second of these products planned by Ford for India and was spotted being tested in Chennai. In the development and production of these new vehicles the Ford India will be investing USD 2 billion. EcoSport has been built on the B2E compact car platform that Ford developed with Mazda. The internal name for this exceptional platform is B515 and it offers torsional rigidity along with saving a lot of weight.

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Under the hood, the Ford EcoSport shares a lot of features with the Fiesta saloon including the 1.5-liter diesel engine. The Ford EcoSport that the world will be getting will sport a new 1.0-liter, three-cylinder, direct injection turbo-petrol engine that is capable of driving as much power as the 1.6-liter motor does. The design of the Ford EcoSport has a lot of SUV element in it. This new car is very technically styled and has five-doors with a spacious interior. The front end of the car is rendered a low bumper with a large trapezoidal grille. The headlamps are slim and the side sills possess clad. The rear end flaunts a fixed spare wheel that goes perfectly well with the off-roader image that this car is trying to pull off.

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The side profile of this new SUV is honed with the muscular wheel arches and the upward curve of the window line. Additional to all this, the roof has been granted chrome rails too.The Ford EcoSport with the SUV like exterior and sedan like mechanics is totally a charmer. This classy automobile can be considered as a mid-size car and as well as a premium hatchback. The EcoSport SUV car is sure to pull together a lot of fans because of the extensive styling and compelling price range of Rs 7-Rs 9 lakh.  Every car has a competitor but this car has an array of upcoming competitors that include the Maruti XA-Alpha SUV, Renault Duster and the future compact SUVs of Skoda and Volkswagen.

News Source: AutoCar India

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