Updated Ford EcoSport launched at Rs. 6.79 lakh

Ford has launched the updated Ford EcoSport in India at prices starting from Rs. 6,79,563 (ex-showroom, Delhi).

The refreshed EcoSport does not receive any changes to its exteriors and looks identical to the outgoing car. The car is now available in a new colour - Golden Bronze. The seven existing body colours (Mars Red, Diamond White, Panther Black, Kinetic Blue, Moondust Silver, Chill Metallic and Smoke Grey) have been retained.

The 1.5-litre TDCi diesel engine has been tweaked to produce 99 BHP - a gain of 9 BHP over the outgoing car. Ford claims that the engine can deliver a fuel economy of 22.27 kpl - down by 0.4 kpl. The engine continues to be mated to a 5-speed gearbox.

There are no changes to the 1.5-litre TiVCT and 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engines of the vehicle.

Ford has equipped the EcoSport with features such as signature light guides, automatic headlamps, DRLs, rain sensing wipers, auto-dimming mirror, a start/stop button and Sync with AppLink.

Ford has also introduced a new Trend+ variant for the EcoSport. It is available on the 1.5-litre TDCi and 1.0-litre EcoBoost versions of the car.

Prices:

1.5 TiVCT Petrol (Manual)

• Ambient - Rs. 6,79,563
• Trend - Rs. 7,75,363
• Titanium - Rs. 8,90,963

1.5 TiVCT Petrol (Automatic)

• Titanium - Rs. 9,93,363

1.0 EcoBoost Petrol

• Trend+ - Rs. 8,53,363
• Titanium+ - Rs. 9,89,463

1.5 TDCi Diesel

• Ambient - Rs. 7,98,144
• Trend - Rs. 8,70,244
• Trend+ - Rs. 9,18,244
• Titanium - Rs. 9,85,844
• Titanium+ - Rs. 10,44,344