[Vish_Janu]

Originally Posted by RavenAvi

The new EcoSport's cabin (looks like the MID display size is for the Titanium, plus the steering wheel doesn't have Cruise Control buttons on the bottom left):

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And that small-sized MID houses the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System!
Also, if the bottom left in the MID display is any indication, the petrol AT will be offered in the Titanium trim.

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Above all, notice the very different MID display in this official presentation slide? The steering wheel has paddle shifts and cruise control buttons on the bottom left.

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Going by the two images above, can we conclude that the 1.5L 3-cylinder Dragon petrol engine, mated to the 6-speed Torque Converter automatic transmission, will be offered in both Titanium AND Titanium+ variants?!

RavenAvi, looks like Ford has taken that presentation MID screenshot from the US/Brasilian version, notice the aircon design on the left.

If that MID is coming on Titanium+ i'll buy that in AT, otherwise may stick to Titanium AT.

Hate that puny little crappy MID. arrghhh!!!

[gupta_chd]

Pardon ignorance, but are there any changes expected in boot space for the good? I know overall size would be under 4 meter only but any leverage expected due to smart packaging?

[aryayush]

The boot space has decreased marginally (by about fifteen litres).

Originally Posted by aryayush

For the well informed customer, that should not even be an option at this point, given how wrong you are about the facelift model not being different enough. The front and the ICE are only the most visible among a raft of changes, the most notable among them being a new engine and automatic transmission. In fact, if you consider it carefully, you'll realise that Ford has gone all out to try and address every single complaint in the outgoing model that they could without making major changes to the underlying platform of the car, which is more than I expect from any facelift. Here's a rundown:

Engine:

Headlights:

ICE:

Steering:

Suspension:

Transmission:

I forgot two very important marquee features that have been added to the incoming car: Cruise Control and Paddle Shifters. Both are major additions that significantly improve the drivability of the car.

The Titanium+ trim has automatic headlamps (with a follow me home function) and rain sensing wipers. I did not know that the outgoing car did not have either of those. I love these automatic features!

I also hadn't realised that there's a completely new automatic climate control system on offer, which is supposed to be an improvement on the already excellent existing one (see attached image; source). This is a tremendous update!

[blurust]

I also hadn't realised that there's a completely new automatic climate control system on offer, which is supposed to be an improvement on the already excellent existing one (see attached image; source). This is a tremendous update!

Wow !! This all the more eliminates the need of rear Ac vent.

[aryayush]

The Titanium and Titanium+ trims feature an 8-inch touchscreen display that seems to be unbelievably good. The resolution, responsiveness and size of this thing is class leading. Here's a video of it in operation. It looks quite slick!

[treadmark]

Originally Posted by Nissan1180

I like the Ecosport for its maneuverability, but it has a really bad low end response (Diesel). You have to floor the throttle to make it move at low RPMs.

Originally Posted by Jude300

A bit but
I would humbly defer from that statement.Flooring the pedal does not work with EcoSport. It is actually counter productive.

Even I beg to differ with Nissa1180 and second that what Jude300 had mentioned. You can verify this on Ecosport official review. I admit that I haven't driven this vehicle extensively but few thousand Km's on city traffic. If you ask me two good things about the engine, first the engine noise (relative to VW / Honda), at times it will be hard to mention a diesel power mill is working under the hood, second on a light foot how the engine responds even at a lower RPM, I felt the power was building linearly and not the exponential surge you usually notice with turbos coming in.
Cheers!

[blrboy]

Originally Posted by manish_symc

I need help that which variant to go for, whether petrol or diesel.
Though, presently my running is under 800-900 km per month but since i will be keeping the car for long 7-8 years and not sure in future my running may go up or down.

If petrol, then question comes manual or automatic. I have heard that Automatics give really bad mileage.

I am choosing ecosport for safety reasons but at the same time want to keep running cost minimum.

I too have the same dilemma. Friends, please throw in your thoughts.

[Chillout]

Originally Posted by blrboy

I too have the same dilemma. Friends, please throw in your thoughts.

I have an Ecosport AT, with the famous Dual Clutch Transmission, trust me 90% of the time maintenance costs are directly proportionate as to how a owner takes care of his ride. That being said, touch wood, the Ecosport is going about doing its work silently and not causing any maintenance nightmares. In fact I feel maintenance is cheaper than my dad's Wagon R.

[selfdrive]

Originally Posted by aryayush

I also hadn't realised that there's a completely new automatic climate control system on offer, which is supposed to be an improvement on the already excellent existing one

Wow, 25 minutes to cool such a small car! Half of the city commute would be done by then.
I wonder how bad it is now or how much time other cars take.

Perhaps the lack of a rear AC vent does have its shortcomings

[Vish_Janu]

This article over at Autocar confirms that there will be a Titanium S version of the Ecosport, probably at launch itself.

https://www.autocarindia.com/car-new...evealed-406397

The second image confirms that Auto wipers are indeed coming to ES's automatic model. Note the paddle shifters and stalks.

[blurust]

Originally Posted by selfdrive

Wow, 25 minutes to cool such a small car! Half of the city commute would be done by then.
I wonder how bad it is now or how much time other cars take.

Perhaps the lack of a rear AC vent does have its shortcomings

this actually is pretty substantial, if you think about it. Don't take this the way it sounds, I hope i made sense there. the cabin temperature = 25 degrees is pretty good, Most cars in the same segment or more spacious would not even touch 30 degrees ( ambient cabin temperature ), even with the rear ac vents, though the temperature at the vents would be much lower. Also i believe they test this while the car is stationary not moving, In case the car is moving the result would be much faster. For reference kindly look at this post.

http://overdrive.in/news-cars-auto/f...an-hatchbacks/

[sandeepmohan]

All good except for one thing, the instrument cluster design. It looks like they lifted it off the old 118NE. Looks dated.

On the plus side, all the new toys have finally made it through and you get a brand new engine.

[Vish_Janu]

Folks, today is the day!

Excited to hear SVP's feedback on auto box as he drives it first.

Also, Kushan has confirmed 2 other important things:

1) Those projector lamps beam white light

2) There is a Titanium+ variant for ES Auto

Also, the Autocar review is up on their website now
https://www.autocarindia.com/car-rev...t-drive-406389

[aryayush]

Originally Posted by sandeepmohan

All good except for one thing, the instrument cluster design. It looks like they lifted it off the old 118NE. Looks dated.

On the plus side, all the new toys have finally made it through and you get a brand new engine.

Unlike what we were all hoping for, it is confirmed that the crummy monochrome screen for the MID is the only one on offer across all variants. Oh well, it’s a small kink in what is otherwise a spellbinding package.

[abhishek46]

Originally Posted by selfdrive

Wow, 25 minutes to cool such a small car! Half of the city commute would be done by then.
I wonder how bad it is now or how much time other cars take.

Perhaps the lack of a rear AC vent does have its shortcomings

That is from 50 degrees, which is a lot.
I assume this test would have been performed with the only the AC on, with windows rolled up.
There are much quicker ways to cool a cabin, like opening the windows and driving and using fresh air instead of re-circulated air.