The Ford EcoSport is part of Ford’s “OneFord” program and this needs to be simultaneously developed for different markets. Production is going to start in full force from July in India, but the launch has been deferred as Ford probably wants to make sure all related things are in place at its service centers and dealerships, as this is expected to…[Read more]

As far as we’ve heard, it will initially be a five-speed manual with the petrol Ecoboost 1-litre engine and a 1.5 litre diesel engine.

No info about an automatic as of now.

I believe in India, if an SUV and a sedan (same number of seats) are priced similarly, people would go for the SUV more than the sedan. Mostly because SUVs and their tall stance is more practical on bad roads, and secondly because SUVs may have quite a bit of boot space in the back. And SUV is more macho etc. sedans are considered more classy, so…[Read more]

thats exactly what these companies are trying to improve. by making these compact SUV’s they are just making a sedan more practical by making it taller and better ground clearance. in case of humdrum SUVs the spares/maintenance expense holds true but by making these mini versions simpler and smaller they are keeping all costs low. because they…[Read more]

true. duster will be slightly more expensive 2 maintain, but like the figo ford will make it relatively cheap.

It will be launched in January 2013 in India. Production will commence in July this year. The China launch is scheduled for October and India in January.