Ford Ecosport caught in South Bombay
Our of our avid readers and South Bombay resident, Samira Kelkar spotted the Ford Ecosport while it was doing some rounds on Marine Drive. This is the same Ecosport that was spotted sometime ago in Navi Mumbai's Ford workshop and was out possibly for a ride.
This one was the 1.0-litre EcoBoost turbo petrol engine that is likely to revolutionise the petrol engine's current line-up. The other engines that will be on offer will be the 1.5-litre diesel that currently powers the Ford Fiesta.
The EcoSport is sub 4-metre, this further gives it a duty cut and the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine will get the smaller engine excise benefit too. The product looks good and the enquiries for it are high as well. Now all depends on how does Ford market and price the product.
The company has been working on increasing the local content and it could have 85% local parts. This will help Ford to reduce the cost of the vehicle and also make the ownership cost more affordable.
From what we understand, the EcoSport will be available on sale sometime in the month of June, or May at the earliest.
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Being born and brought up in a family that has been a part of the Automotive industry for over seven decades, Rachit has cars in his blood. Four wheelers are his childhood love, and he has grown up playing with bolts and spanners. To add more value to this passion, he studied automobile engineering and even karted at National level competitions.
Soon after that, he got into motoring journalism- where began the process of testing and evaluating cars. He has driven a wide range of cars beginning from Tata Nano to the Aston Martins, most of the cars that are currently sold in the Indian car market. Apart from this, he has also done many long road trips, and shall continue to do so. Rachit was one of the first journalists to take a Nano across the Golden Quadrilateral.
