[Ragavsr]

Saw an updated Ford Ecosport without any camouflage while being tested on the Chennai Tindivanam highway. The red color on the looked elegant. Sorry, no pictures , was driving alone in the car.

The car was being driven at very high speeds. Easily overtook me doing 120 kmph on a Figo.

[Vish_Janu]

Just adding on to CarguyNish post:

It seems like Ford India will be announcing the new Ecosport in about 2 weeks, early October. The company has invited media to the Sanand plant in the first week of October to brief on the new Dragon engine family, seems like a good opportunity to also take covers of the vehicle which will be carrying it first.

Deliveries not before November though. Cheers!

[agspins]

Ford is commencing Product training from 23 or 24 September at Chennai.

[aryayush]

Is there a chance of the trim details and prices leaking then?

[Vish_Janu]

Originally Posted by aryayush

Is there a chance of the trim details and prices leaking then?

I guess we may get trim details during the plant visit, unsure about the pricing!

[VR4]

Originally Posted by agambhandari

No offence, but it says Titanium right on the boot

Plus there is too much equipment on there already for it to be the trend variant. Don't know what else they could add to the titanium. Like the alloys design, I think those are 17s maybe?

Yes agambhandari, but Titanium + or S variant would probably get keyless entry along with start / stop, the Harman audio system and a Sunroof - "if wishes were horses".

[Vish_Janu]

Some new accessories introduced for the new ES in Brazil.

http://indianautosblog.com/2017/09/f...-brazil-284209

[drift2race]

After the disaster that is the S-Cross facelift, i scout through each and every reply in this thread for information about my next car, the petrol ecosport automatic.

[SR-71]

Originally Posted by romeomidhun

A slightly bigger Ecosport+ at 4250mm length with powerful engines can compete with the +4m SUVs like Creta, Duster and the likes really well, IMO. That will resolve the space issue / claustrophobic feel inside Ecosport.

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Heard about the Ford Kuga ? That will be the answer to your long wheel base(d) Ecosport.

[Vid6639]

Originally Posted by Vish_Janu

Just adding on to CarguyNish post:

It seems like Ford India will be announcing the new Ecosport in about 2 weeks, early October. The company has invited media to the Sanand plant in the first week of October to brief on the new Dragon engine family, seems like a good opportunity to also take covers of the vehicle which will be carrying it first.

Deliveries not before November though. Cheers!

Sanand plant makes the Figo/Aspire and the engines.

Does the Ecosport current TDCi engine come from Sanand?

I am asking cause the Ecosport is made in Chennai plant so was curious if they will be making the Dragon engine in Sanand and then sending it to Chennai. Sounds counter intuitive.

[VR4]

Source Car Torq - September 20th - Article on Vitara Brezza Petrol, but what is interesting is the news of the Ford Ecosport facelift.

The report also suggests that there will be a petrol version of the compact SUV too. The petrol engine is expected to be a 1.0-litre Boosterjet engine that also powers the Baleno RS in the current line-up. The petrol engine will come with CVT automatic transmission. There are also reports suggesting that the petrol engine could be the 1.4-litre K14 engine that powers the Maruti Ciaz.

The new variants are being launched to counter the upcoming launches like Tata Nexon and Ford EcoSport facelift that is scheduled to happen next week.

Is it true? If yes, then exciting times ahead ! Especially after the launch of the Nexon and soon to be launched Renault Captur -

[surfacer]

I have a friend who works quite high up in Ford and I'm told that Ford India is doing everything they can to launch the car before Diwali.

[CarguyNish]

Ford is trying it's best, sure. But the main reason for delay is because some dealers haven't exhausted the stock yet. They have requested Ford to wait for some time. This is what I have been told.

While it's easy to launch New Updated Model, but the old stock won't sell even if the car is offered at discounted price. This is the last thing Dealer's want. Training is scheduled next month (1st Week), expect it to arrive roundabout Diwali.

[Blur]

Is the aggressive pricing of the Nexon going to influence the way Ford prices the refreshed Ecosport?

Autocar did a price+trim comparo recently between the Nexon and current Ecosport. Nexon's top end diesel XZ+ sat between current Ecosport's Ambiente and Titanium trim variants

[mxx]

I was trying to find some info about the 1.5L dragon engine online. All I could get regarding the specs was that it is a petrol engine has 120hp power (some articles say it is 130hp). only one or two articles mentioned the torque figures at 153Nm.
The ecoboost already churns out 120+hp power with 170Nm torque right?

then why this new engine with all this hype? is it just to replace the current 1.5 for the automatic version?