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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Ford ecosport's new commercial says 'It's way above 5-stars'. Shows real life crash footage. |
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| ![]() Ford's attempt at misleading customers with some random accident footage without analyzing the full facts about the accident and claiming "above 5 stars" is just pathetic. Yes, Ford makes well-built cars and yes Ecosport "seems" to have good quality and feel but without a proper GNCAP tested result for the Indian-spec model, all this marketing gimmick will lower the brand value in the eyes of the informed buyer. |
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I remember another viral video where a super fast endeavor rams straight into a santro. The endy turns turtle and rolls over multiple times while the santro holds its fort. Would the santro be considered safer than the endy?!! | |
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| ![]() Ford Ecosport has 4 stars in various crash tests. How does that translate to ‘above 5 stars’? |
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| ![]() I get bamboozled by the marketing team’s maturity of some of the car manufacturers. They can’t write in the air, instead should talk with facts and figures. TATA trolled Maruti and shown the world how it is to be done. This is like a kid who says I will score 120 out of 100 ![]() |
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While Ford wholesale dispatches were 3991 units in Nov, their retail sales were 5856 units, which is more or less their usual sales (Source). The lower wholesale number is to restrict inventory at dealers towards the year end. In fact expect an even lower number in December as most OEM's restrict production due to year end inventory activities & maintenance shut downs. If you like the product, go ahead with it. It is well proven and still holds it's own in spite of new competition. Last edited by fiat_tarun : 11th December 2020 at 14:56. | |
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In Bangalore, as per my enquiries, there is no stock of Ecosport AT with two dealers(PPS and JSP). So, the less sales numbers should be due to low stock. If you are looking at the Ecosport, I would suggest you to close the deal soon. |
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The lack of stock leaves me hoping for a 2021 model Ecosport with Android Auto and Apple Carplay. | |
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You are correct, no stock of AT anywhere in Pune. However, there is one Titanium + AT available at PPS Ford which is January 2020 model. He is willing to give me a 70k discount on that (offered straight away on the phone enquiry). I am lured by the discount, but I am also suspicious that how come this is unsold, while rest of the ES stocks are all sold out. Should I see something fishy here? |
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But, note that the FlyAudio head unit in the Ecosport is updated in September 2020 with support for live traffic, wifi connectivity etc. And as per the reports, retrofit on older models is not possible. So, getting a January 2020 model would mean that you are not going to get this update. May be you can talk about this to see a possibility of further negotiation if you are going to proceed. | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Enquired with Dhruv Ford,Pallikarnai, Chennai today and they said that the Titanium AT is not available anymore. And only the Titanium+AT is available. This increases the onroad close to 2 lacs. They were urging me to book before Dec to freeze the exshowroom price as deliveries will only commence in Jan. |
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| ![]() Ford India has updated the EcoSport prices for 2021. Prices have come down by 35K. In addition, now EcoSport has a sun roof on the Titanium variant as well. ![]() Source |
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