New Ford Fiesta automatic likely to launch by next month

This year should be marked in red letters in the history of Ford as it’s the 35th birthday of its Fiesta across the globe. On this auspicious occasion Ford mulls to raise its share in the Indian market too with its new Ford Fiesta automatic. It is expected that this new automatic version of Ford Fiesta will be launched in India by the next month. Further, it is believed that American car major will release the automatic variant with both petrol and diesel options. As for new Ford Fiesta price, it is speculated that there will be a difference of about 50,000-75,000 over the manual version.

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Published On Oct 25, 2011 17:05 IST

Published OnOct 25, 2011 17:05 IST

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The existing model Ford Fiesta has taken the Indian market by storm since its launch. Ford Fiesta was launched in the month of July in four variants each in diesel and pertol variants. The Ford Fiesta price for the petrol variant starts at Rs 8.23 lakh and the diesel variant price is tagged at Rs 9.27 lakh(ex-showroom New Delhi). The petrol variant is equipped with 1.5 L Ti-VCT engine and the diesel engine is powered with a 1.5 L TDCi. New Ford Fiesta petrol variant is likely to offer a decent mileage of around 17 kmpl however the diesel variant is expected to offer a mileage of 23.5 kmpl. The US car maker Ford is the 6th largest car maker in India next to prominent car makers including Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata, Mahindra and Chevrolet. Ford India’s journey began in 1907 with Ford Model A and it officially began the production in India in the year 1996.

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To start with, Ford had a tie up with local player Mahindra but later Ford increased its share and began operating as Ford India Private Ltd in October 1995. Now, Ford India has a manufacturing facility at Chennai. Ford’s 2011 new Ford Fiesta is the new version of its Fiesta sedan. Ford Fiesta Classic is currently available as the sedan offering by Ford. The Fascinating features of the new Ford Fiesta include the fact it is a premium class mid-size sedan with new communication features inside, quieter interiors, head-turning style, advanced drive, unmatched safety, power and high fuel economy. Already the manual version has three factors, that make it stand out among the cars of the same segment, including its kinetic design, loads of first in class features and outstanding communication ease on the go.

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Meenal has been a writer since the time she knew what it is to write. Being a team lead at CarDekho, she guides her team to bring in fresh ideas and true stories to develop a brain storming news for the car enthusiasts across the world. Meenal started writing during her school and is continuing still. Being a post graduate in English Literature with Linguistics, Phonetics, and Grammar as her favorites, she topped throughout. And perhaps that's what helped her starting her career directly as an Editor with international clients from the very beginning. She also has been trained in and has got experience in pre-editing and master-editing journals and books. With almost 5 years of experience in journalism behind her, she still believes that she gets to learn new things about writing news every new day. She plans to start on another degree in psychology. Future plans for her include nothing more than a dynamic GROWTH for herself and SMILES on the readers' faces.Read more

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james raj

Oct 28, 2011, 1:08:56 PM

23.5 kmpl for deisel is value for money.

dr sunil gupta

Oct 25, 2011, 8:31:44 PM

that is excellent news. i think, all cars manufacturers should offer automatic versions across their range of cars, reason being indian cities road traffic congestion.

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