American car-maker Ford has a new accomplishment to brag about – Ford EcoSport earns the title for India's most awarded passenger car. The compact SUV has accumulated about 30 awards in the Indian market. Practical and smart design along with good fuel efficiency figures made this compact SUV a hot-seller in the local market since its inception in the country last year. Moreover the Ecosport SUV from Ford came with a lucrative price tag of Rs 5.94 lakh for petrol variant and Rs 7.13 lakhs for the diesel variant, both the prices are for the base variant in their respective segment.
Ford Ecosport is available in petrol and diesel variants. The petrol version is available in two variants - 1.5 Litre petrol engine that generates about 112 Ps of power with 140 Nm of torque and 1.0 Litre engine that generates about 125 Ps of power with 170 Nm of torque respectively. The diesel version of Ford Ecopsort is powered by 1.5 Litre engine that generates about 91Ps of power with 204Nm of torque. The 1.0 Liter petrol variant returns a fuel efficiency figure of around 18.9 kmpl, the 1.5 Liter petrol variant delivers around 16.15 kmpl and the diesel variant with 1.5 liter engine delivers around 22.7 kmpl. The compact SUV gets a EPAS with Pull Drift Compensation technology for steering for maximum control. For a comfortable ride, the car gets Independent McPherson strut with coil spring and anti-roll bar for the front, whereas the rear gets Semi-independent twist beam with twin gas and oil filled shock absorbers.
Ford has given due importance to safety factor. The compact SUV comes with helpful features like traction control and Electronic Stability Program (ESP) that tackles tough corner with ease. The car is loaded with 6 airbags which is standard in Titanium AT and Titanium optional models. Controlling the car at high speeds is not a task for the Ecosport loaded with ABS (Anti-lock Braking System) and EBD (Electronic Brake Force Distribution) technology.
