Ford EcoSport - 2 lakh sales up!

The Ford Ecosport has crossed the 2,00,000 sales mark in domestic wholesales and exports combined. The vehicle has managed to achieve this milestone in 2 years of its introduction.

When the EcoSport was launched it received an overwhelming response in India. Ford claims that 60,000 bookings were received within 30-days of introduction. The company also claims that there are more than 1,12,000 EcoSports on Indian roads.

The crossover is available with three engine options: a 1.5-litre turbo diesel engine (90 BHP, 204 Nm), a 1.5-litre Ti-VCT petrol engine (110 BHP, 140 Nm) and a 1-litre turbo petrol EcoBoost engine (123 BHP, 170 Nm). All three engines get a 5-speed manual gearbox as standard. The 1.5 liter Ti-VCT naturally aspirated motor can be ordered with a 6-speed dual clutch PowerShift automatic transmission.

The Chennai-made crossover is exported to South Africa, Taiwan, Australia and several European countries.

Ford has provided features such as SYNC with Ford AppLink on the EcoSport. This technology enables users to control some of their favourite smartphone applications through voice-commands.