BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle launched

Speedshift · 19th February 2020, 19:17

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Originally Posted by anb

Android Auto and Apple Carplay are not mentioned anywhere in the brochure. Please see the brochure

Contradictory info. Also in your attachment there is a mistake, it mentions 1 ports for titanium plus and 1 port for the other variants. Let's hope the website is correct.

aniketi · 19th February 2020, 19:19

After seeing Ford's pricing, firstly for Ecosport and now for Figo-Aspire duo, I think Ford is correcting prices, which is not a bad thing at all. They know for sure that by increasing prices substantially, they will lose more market share. Good thing for us that it is putting lot of pressure on other manufacturer's in launching their BS6 variants

Not sure what is future strategy by Ford though, future looks bleak for them, period.

sunsetorange · 19th February 2020, 19:22

GaadiWaadi.com: BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle Launched From Rs. 5.39 Lakh
GaadiWaadi.com: BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle Launched From Rs. 5.39 Lakh.
https://gaadiwaadi.com/bs6-ford-figo...-rs-5-39-lakh/

This article says automatic climate control, rear camera and rear wiper have been removed from the Figo Titanium.
We can expect quite a few deleted features in the Aspire and Freestyle as well.

SoumenD · 19th February 2020, 19:24

Wait what? Forget increase, they have gone ahead and reduced prices for BS-VI versions. What magic are they doing with the setup which no one else(other manufacturers) seem to be able to gauge? The cars are absolute VFMs in their respective segments. Specially diesel

BTW the 1.5L AT variants have been shelved. No more ATs from Ford(under 20L) other than Ecosport(that too in top trim only)?

jetsetgo08 · 19th February 2020, 20:07

We need a thread on how Ford has managed to keep the price hike of BS6 diesel engine in check. It would be great if Ford can export BS6 diesel heart to MSIL, while they are scrambling for BS6 diesel engine upgrade.

strawhat · 19th February 2020, 20:36

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Originally Posted by Speedshift

Contradictory info. Also in your attachment there is a mistake, it mentions 1 ports for titanium plus and 1 port for the other variants. Let's hope the website is correct.

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Originally Posted by anb

Android Auto and Apple Carplay are not mentioned anywhere in the brochure. Please see the brochure

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Originally Posted by anb

Andorid Auto and Apple Carplay are not mentioned in the Freestyle brochure. So I think it's not available in the Freestyle Titanium Plus.

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Originally Posted by Speedshift

See the attached screenshot. As per the website it has 2 usb ports, Android Auto, Carplay as well as Ford Pass.

Ford brochures have been unreliable in the recent past, at least for a few days after launches. For instance, even today we are not sure if sunroof is available on T+ AT variant of EcoSport. They keep updating the brochure back-and-forth confusing and misinforming even the sales staff. So feature modifications can/should be expected. Especially so on models that are seeing price cut. Actually, if Sync 3 system is retained in Freestyle T+, I'll be shocked.

Still, decision to reduce the prices is commendable, even if you look from "glass half empty" perspective. Ford are making a serious, renewed effort. Looks like the JV with Mahindra seems to have taken a huge load from their shoulders and they are now looking like a refreshed athlete ready for a marathon.

JithinR · 19th February 2020, 22:28

Is this the flair edition of Freestyle that someone had mentioned before. If so, I really hope they don't launch this.

Source : https://gaadiwaadi.com/bs6-ford-figo...5-39-lakh/amp/

Torquedo · 19th February 2020, 22:47

Hahahahah, can't help stop laughing, with the feature deletion and a hike of 35K (talking T Diesel here), BHPians are thinking this is good pricing. You're looking at good 75K+ hike.

The underlining part is, Ford is no longer looking at anything here, no wonder the JV with M&M, be there for the namesake. Selling power trains in the near future to M&M badged vehicles shall rake them more moolah than the product line that they'll have.

Wait till Diwali or 2020 end, we'd be looking at discounted stuff, been the case @ Ford always.

GTO · 20th February 2020, 07:23

Thread merged with the existing one on the BS6 Figo / Aspire. Check discussion from here onward. It appears that many features have been deleted.

arvindmanju · 20th February 2020, 07:38

Do we know the list of features that are deleted to bring the price down?
Has anyone done a comparison with Aspire BS4 vs BS6?
For this price Aspire and Freestyle diesel is VFM

ank.nsit · 20th February 2020, 07:43

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Originally Posted by Torquedo

Hahahahah, can't help stop laughing, with the feature deletion and a hike of 35K (talking T Diesel here), BHPians are thinking this is good pricing. You're looking at good 75K+ hike.
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I could see features deleted from lower and middle variants like ACC, Power adjustable mirrors, power foldable mirrors etc.

But titanium plus variant of figo remains as is. Or did I miss anything?

And sync 3 is a major deletion from freestyle T+ & aspire T+.

Apart from that any other features deleted from T+ variant of any of the 3 cars?

fiat_tarun · 20th February 2020, 11:01

I'm a little confused with this strategy. They anyway had the advantage of being able to upgrade the TDCI at a very small cost, so they should have slightly increased prices and added more features but they have done the reverse.

It looks like they are repositioning the Figo lineup hoping that pricing will help grow volumes. I'm interested to see how this works out. Will the Aspire be able to capture some of the Dzire diesel customers ?

IIRC, the 1.5TDCI was already Euro 5 ready so BS6 did not call for major changes to key components like the Turbo, etc. They must've managed it with only a calibration change and addition of a DPF and LNT.

Speedshift · 20th February 2020, 23:02

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Originally Posted by JithinR

Is there any clarity on whether the sync3 system has been removed from freestyle too?

The website has been updated and now there is no mention of Android Auto and Apple Carplay. Sync 3 has been dropped and the useless Fly audio unit replaces it.

SaiSW · 21st February 2020, 10:29

One of the plus points I saw of a person choosing the aspire over the figo was the sync 3, well now with irs removal, I think if I had to choose between the two, I'd take the figo.

It's lighter than the aspire, so with that 100/215 tdci, it'll be even faster, I think.

self_driven · 21st February 2020, 10:39

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Originally Posted by SaiSW

It's lighter than the aspire, so with that 100/215 tdci, it'll be even faster, I think.

IIRC there's hardly 10 kg of difference in kerb weight of the two.

19th February 2020, 19:19	#47
aniketi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 2,001 Thanked: 2,778 Times	Re: Ford BS6 Figo, Aspire, & Freestyle launched After seeing Ford's pricing, firstly for Ecosport and now for Figo-Aspire duo, I think Ford is correcting prices, which is not a bad thing at all. They know for sure that by increasing prices substantially, they will lose more market share. Good thing for us that it is putting lot of pressure on other manufacturer's in launching their BS6 variants Not sure what is future strategy by Ford though, future looks bleak for them, period.
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19th February 2020, 19:22	#48
sunsetorange BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chennai/ Trichy Posts: 456 Thanked: 325 Times	GaadiWaadi.com: BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle Launched From Rs. 5.39 Lakh GaadiWaadi.com: BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle Launched From Rs. 5.39 Lakh. https://gaadiwaadi.com/bs6-ford-figo...-rs-5-39-lakh/ This article says automatic climate control, rear camera and rear wiper have been removed from the Figo Titanium. We can expect quite a few deleted features in the Aspire and Freestyle as well.
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19th February 2020, 19:24	#49
SoumenD Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: India Posts: 1,756 Thanked: 6,318 Times	Re: Ford BS6 Figo, Aspire, & Freestyle launched Wait what? Forget increase, they have gone ahead and reduced prices for BS-VI versions. What magic are they doing with the setup which no one else(other manufacturers) seem to be able to gauge? The cars are absolute VFMs in their respective segments. Specially diesel BTW the 1.5L AT variants have been shelved. No more ATs from Ford(under 20L) other than Ecosport(that too in top trim only)? Last edited by SoumenD : 19th February 2020 at 19:28.
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19th February 2020, 20:07	#50
jetsetgo08 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,038 Thanked: 1,511 Times	Re: Ford BS6 Figo, Aspire, & Freestyle launched We need a thread on how Ford has managed to keep the price hike of BS6 diesel engine in check. It would be great if Ford can export BS6 diesel heart to MSIL, while they are scrambling for BS6 diesel engine upgrade.
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19th February 2020, 22:28	#52
JithinR BHPian Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 947 Thanked: 3,503 Times	Re: Ford BS6 Figo, Aspire, & Freestyle launched Is this the flair edition of Freestyle that someone had mentioned before. If so, I really hope they don't launch this. Source : https://gaadiwaadi.com/bs6-ford-figo...5-39-lakh/amp/ Attached Thumbnails
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19th February 2020, 22:47	#53
Torquedo BANNED Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: . Posts: 701 Thanked: 803 Times	Re: Ford BS6 Figo, Aspire, & Freestyle launched Hahahahah, can't help stop laughing, with the feature deletion and a hike of 35K (talking T Diesel here), BHPians are thinking this is good pricing. You're looking at good 75K+ hike. The underlining part is, Ford is no longer looking at anything here, no wonder the JV with M&M, be there for the namesake. Selling power trains in the near future to M&M badged vehicles shall rake them more moolah than the product line that they'll have. Wait till Diwali or 2020 end, we'd be looking at discounted stuff, been the case @ Ford always.
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20th February 2020, 07:23	#54
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,527 Thanked: 300,519 Times View My Garage	Re: BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle launched Thread merged with the existing one on the BS6 Figo / Aspire. Check discussion from here onward. It appears that many features have been deleted.
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20th February 2020, 07:38	#55
arvindmanju BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: KA01 Posts: 472 Thanked: 548 Times	Re: BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle launched Do we know the list of features that are deleted to bring the price down? Has anyone done a comparison with Aspire BS4 vs BS6? For this price Aspire and Freestyle diesel is VFM Last edited by arvindmanju : 20th February 2020 at 08:02.
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20th February 2020, 11:01	#57
fiat_tarun Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pune / Mysore Posts: 1,934 Thanked: 3,767 Times View My Garage	Re: BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle launched I'm a little confused with this strategy. They anyway had the advantage of being able to upgrade the TDCI at a very small cost, so they should have slightly increased prices and added more features but they have done the reverse. It looks like they are repositioning the Figo lineup hoping that pricing will help grow volumes. I'm interested to see how this works out. Will the Aspire be able to capture some of the Dzire diesel customers ? IIRC, the 1.5TDCI was already Euro 5 ready so BS6 did not call for major changes to key components like the Turbo, etc. They must've managed it with only a calibration change and addition of a DPF and LNT.
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21st February 2020, 10:29	#59
SaiSW BHPian Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Good Blue Earth Posts: 672 Thanked: 1,523 Times	Re: BS6 Ford Figo, Aspire & Freestyle launched One of the plus points I saw of a person choosing the aspire over the figo was the sync 3, well now with irs removal, I think if I had to choose between the two, I'd take the figo. It's lighter than the aspire, so with that 100/215 tdci, it'll be even faster, I think.
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